Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Dear God,

Teach us to be light for one another.  When we are walking in darkness, we do not know how to find the light.  But then all of a sudden, someone will reveal the light to us through their witness and example.  Love always shines light.  Kindness always shines light.  Mercy always shines light.  Only through others will we see the light and feel its warmth, hope and peace.

So many people have been light bearers to me throughout the years.  I remember how the Sisters of Carmel displayed the light when they forgave an intruder who broke into the monastery and assaulted two of the sisters, hospitalizing both of them.  When we stood in a circle and they offered words of forgiveness, their light shone so brightly!  It was hard to stay in the darkness of hatred and bitterness when their light was showing through.  

When we bear the light, your light, O Holy one, we brighten the world one tiny corner at a time.  Many tiny lights can become like one great floodlight.

Thank you

for every 

light bearer,

O God.

Thank you

for their light

and their love

in radiating

the greatest light

in the world.

Shine your light

through us,

Compassionate God,

so we

can illuminate hope

in all

the world.

Love, Andrea