In Good Company
Like Roberta, who wrote for this blog last week, my heart is also heavy. At this point, I actually hate to tune into the evening news. We are bombarded with one story after another of our brothers and sisters suffering in some part of our earth – Iraq, Palestine, Africa, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ferguson MO, and it continues. So many places of humanitarian crisis! Despite feeling utterly helpless, I am able to hold all these suffering people in my heart and prayer. I know that our caring, compassionate God is with them. Fortunately, the last 5 minutes of the evening news does have a story about people who are making a difference in the lives of their brothers and sisters in their communities. I am also encouraged by a poem written by Kaye Ashe, OP: The search – for self, for wisdom, for love, for truth, for justice, for God – is strenuous and unending. We need good companions in order to persevere in it. In...