Last Monday, after I had finished my morning prayers at Holy Martyrs Church, I was driving to Our Lady of Consolation for the 8:00am Mass. I had turned off the radio in my car, and I was thinking of God’s presence in our lives within the silence of that drive.

During that silence, I became distracted by the sound of the “road”, as my car drove over periodic breaks in the smooth asphalt.

I heard: “click, click”, then silence, “click, click”, then silence, and so on for a good portion of that drive.

As I thought about the sound, I was reminded, once again, that our time on earth is short. “Click - Click” and a month goes by, “click- click” and another year goes by, as we move towards our ultimate destination, meeting Jesus at the end of our life journey.

“Click-click”. At some point, the space between our birth and death will end, and no more “clicks” will be left.

Perhaps God is telling us in the noise from the road to use the time we have wisely, before in a simple “click - click” it is all gone. 

By: Deacon Tom Gryzbek