Benedict accommodates worship to remember the saints; Sr.
Chittister speaks of the saints as our community’s heroes. What is the communion of saints? Those believers who light the way before use;
the valiant who defend the cross; the extraordinarily faithful who obey the
rule without question; those who hear the voice of God?
When I was in the hospital, I received a card with Numbers
6: 24 -26 on its face:
The Lord
bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine
upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his
countenance upon you, and give you peace.
I have meditated on these words using
Lectio Divina for weeks, and today the Oratio, the part in which the words of
the meditation becomes a prayer, these words become a prayer that I too will
more fully walk with communion of saints:
May I be a blessing
for those I encounter today; may I be the face of the Lord shining for someone
who needs light; may I be filled with kindness and graciousness with each
person I encounter this day; May I be
the voice and hand of comfort and solace, walking beside someone today who
needs a hand to hold; May these acts
bring peace and fill our hearts. Amen.
So many folks have been Christ to me
these past weeks; I have learned so much about being present in these acts of
mercy and compassion. I hope and pray
that I may become this, following in the footsteps of the saints.
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