Today, Jesus calls us to let our light shine from a lampstand and not hide it under a basket or bed. (Mk 4:21). And what is that light? The love we have received from God which radiates from our faces and shines in our little acts of kindness...more than we can imagine. A beautifully illustrated book by August Torak tells the even more beautiful story of BROTHER JOHN, a Trappist mond of Mepkin Abbey outside of Charleston, South Carolina, who walked retreants from the chapel to their rooms with his "magical" umbrella to keep them dry. A simple act of kindness but one which enlightened the author to see the meaing and purpose of life: to do simple things like that to help others in some small way...Something we all can do. Whatever umbrella or tool or talent we have been graciously given, we are to give as graciously to others measure for measure, and even beyond.
Bro. Rene
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