Proper 24 B - Psalm 19:1 - Faster than Light - Herbert O'Driscoll

"... (W)e have always believed that there were certain (not many but a few) unchanging truths in that vast expanse beyond us. One of these "givens" is the speed with which light travels. For some reason it's one of life's statistics that most of us remember. The speed of light is 186,000 miles a second. Think about it and the mind stretches.

But we have always believed that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. We still do. yet in the past couple of years that belief has been shaken to the core. For it seems that far far out in the universe, near the edge of our present capacity to probe, there are galaxies whose component parts are moving apart at speeds which are several times the velocity of light! The issue is not yet resolved, and no one knows when it will be. I mention it as something awesome and wondrous, because I think a sense of awe and wonder is very necessary. For awe and wonder are amoung the elements of life which lead us to worship. There are other things, but awe and wonder are such a way.

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."
~Psalm 19:1 "

Herbert O'Driscoll, City Priest City People, One Man's Journal, Book 2; Anglican Book Centre; Toronto, Ontario; 1983; Pg 93.