As someone who enjoys contemplative prayer, and especially prayer modeled after Ignatian spirituality, the works of William Barry, SJ, have been particularly important to me. Barry’s book, Finding God in All Things, is a wonderful and helpful spiritual guide…and the title is a great reminder that God is present beyond the walls of the church, where many of us like to keep God throughout our week. As spring turns to summer, finding God in the beauty of the flowers (forgiving them their pollen), open green fields, and the warmth of the sun can often seem rather obvious. However, the truth in discovering God in all things is to find God present in the red light on the way to work (reflection time?), the summer road construction delays (smoother journeys ahead?) and that pudding that you happened to have at lunch…pudding at lunch? As a fan of chocolate pudding, I often have a small cup of pudding at lunch and have recently taken to the idea of discovering the “picture of the day” on the underside of the foil covering. Recently I was greeted with an angel blowing a horn…OK, maybe you have to use your imagination to see the angel, but without too much effort I believe “Hark! the herald angels sing” will be ringing in your ears. And I hope shortly after the song fades from your mind, you will continue your ongoing discovery of finding God in all things. After all, tomorrow is the 25th…May 25th, but that’s close enough for now.