Tonight at the conclusion of the Junior Class Recognition Mass, each student will be given a candle while the liturgical choir sings the popular song by Kathy Troccoli, Go Light Your World. The lyrics graphically remind us of the privilege we carry and our mission:
There is a candle in every soul,
Some burning brightly, some dark and cold.
There is a Spirit who brings a fire,
ignites a candle and makes His home.
So carry your candle, run to the darkness,
Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn.
Hold out your candle for all to see it.
Take your candle and go light your world.
To carry the candle effectively means to walk slowly, for one thing, so that it doesn't blow out, but also with humility and gentleness, in order that the flame keep burning brightly. A humility and gentleness with ourselves as well as those to whom we are carrying the candle can be more effective than by brazen and forceful candle waving, which in the end will extinguish it. May we be content with, as the Prophet Micah, to carry our candle and "to walk humbly with our God." (Micah 6:8).
Bro. Rene
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