The sacredness of modern life has too often been obscured by the idea that the only holy place is the built church. Such a notion is wholly at odds with the idea teaching that God is present in all places; while Jesus’ own specifications have nothing to do with buildings, but rather any place ‘where two or three are gathered together in my name’. The ground on which we all stand is holy ground. It is good to recall the words of the Sufi mystic, Rumi: ‘I searched for God and could not find Him. I looked into my heart and there I saw Him. He was nowhere else.’
