“The only constant in life is change”

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus wrote these words some 500 hundred years before the birth of Christ. They are as true today as ever.

I don’t like change. There is a fish-fry tomorrow. I will boil five dozen eggs for the salads, while Marianne is preparing to bake brownies for the dessert table. Tomorrow I will rip open the bags of lettuce, and Jim will help me throw olives and tomatoes into the bowls. I know what is expected of me, and I have done this many times before. I know what is expected of me, and I am prepared. There will be hard work, but no surprises.

But there isn’t a fish fry. Jim is off with his bride, sailing away in a modern prairie schooner. I don’t know if there will even be a fish fry. I don’t like change.

Yet here we are, change forced upon us by circumstance. What will dictate our lives? Will it be the change, or will it be how we deal with the change? Even in a time of forced, stay-at-home inactivity Knights and their wives have been active; at Caregivers, at Nativity House, making sandwiches for homeless people, at home, sewing facemasks, building plastic face shields for hospitals, and a dozen other mundane but necessary functions. We need to help others.

We are starting a new year. We can’t change the circumstances, but we can try to react in a positive manner. Please reach out to your fellow Knights and see how they are faring, especially the new members, who might need our help most of all.
Vivat Jesus!

Paul Savino, Grand Knight