In solidarity with others...

 

God, take my life and...

 

The light within us...

This "sun inside" is evidence of the Holy Spirit. It's present in all of us. It shines brighter in some than others because the society we live in encourages it in some and discourages it in others or because some people have one gift of the Holy Spirit and others have another---but everyone has a sun inside them, everyone has a gift.  

A Lenten Reflection From Pope Francis

This comes from a Lenten Reflection by Pope Francis that was offered today by the Catholic Near East Welfare Association:

God’s mercy is not only forgiving — we all know this — but being generous and giving more and more. … Perhaps in prayer we ask for this and that, and he always gives us more! Always, always more. … Jesus is the companion on the journey who gives us what we ask; the Father who cares for us and loves us; and the Holy Spirit who is the gift, is that “more” that the Father gives, for which our conscience does not dare to hope.