THURSDAY I LENT: God shows us the road and will not abandon us
As a child I used to hear from the books of my forefathers that you, O LORD, always free those who are pleasing to you. Now help me, who am alone and have no one but you, O LORD, my God. (Esther 4: 16)
“We need to have some courage and confidence in God who shows us the road and will not abandon us when we act in his name and for his glory.”
Letter of Eugene de Mazenod to Fr Eugene Guigues in Canada, 5 December 1844, EO I n 50
REFLECTION
LEAD, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home—
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene—one step enough for me.
(John Henry Newman)
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“Be not afraid, I go before you always. Come follow me and I will give you rest.”
A response that filled Esther on her journey and Fr. Guigues as he started a new stage of his journey here in Canada.
The ‘Kindly Light’ that Newman speaks of, giving us what we need to take the next step on our journey through a darkness of fear and unknowing, one step at a time.
God gives us the light to be audacious and daring, to walk with Jesus on his journey to Golgotha and then to stand at the foot of the cross with Mary.
I think of the challenge I faced yesterday, and how God did not abandon me. What are my challenges today, and how might I allow the Light, the Beloved to guide me one step at a time throughout my day?