Today's Headlines: Time stood still for sixty-nine days

God is great and God is Good. And we thank him for the lives of the 33 Chilean miners.

After seventy days of underground living, trapped in dust and dirt and devoid of light, these precious human beings are now safe and are being checked over by a medical team. What else can we say but thanks to the wonderful human capacity and skill, and the love and prayers of their loved ones, and of course, the omnipotent powers of the creator of us all.

I, personally, don't know any of the 33 men, but my heart was with them every minute of the day. All I can now say to them is, the ordeal is over, "go in peace to love and to serve the Lord."

PS. That is the message heard at the end of Mass,(often) in the Catholic Church: "The Mass is ended, go in peace to love and to serve the Lord." The Mass, as way of explanation for those who are unfamiliar with the concept, is a recreation of the crucifixion of Christ. It takes only about an hour to get through the service, but sixty-nine days. Wow. Time stood still for these men.