Almost as an answer to my inquiries in my last post, this came up in my devotions today. I'm exhausted, so I'm not going to really expound upon this too much, but I do want to put it out there... these words are wise.
"Are we really a ray of light in the midst of so much darkness, or are we still held fast bound by laziness or human respect? It will help us to be more apostolic and to overcome the obstacles if we consider, in the presence of God, that the people whose paths we have crossed during our lives had a right to expect us to help them to get to know Jesus better. Have we fulfilled this Christian duty of ours? Let us hope they will not be able to reproach us, in this life or the next, for having deprived them of that help: hominem non habeo, I have had no one to give me a little light in so much darkness."
- "In Conversation with God" by Francis Fernandez (a FABULOUS devotional book. I personally discovered it at the Basilica but I'm sure it's available online... there are several volumes to take you through the entire year.)
I just... hmm. Am I really a ray of light in the midst of so much darkness? Rarely, if ever. Can I be? Yes. But only with the grace and mercy of God.
Just a little something to think about.
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