I Am Said I (Huruma)

The church stood alone in the middle of nowhere and, on a bleak January day, it looked fairly wretched and worn. The inside felt cold and inhospitable. It was hard to settle. The people gathered for the baptism milled around talking, hesitant to sit for fear of being gripped by the chill. I noticed a little boy standing in front of the statue of the Blessed Virgin. He was mesmerized by the shimmering of the votive lights burning there. "They're moving" he said to me. "They do that" I replied and explained that people say a prayer when they light a candle. "Would you like to light one and say a prayer?" I asked. "I would!" he said. "Do you know any prayer?" "I know this one", and he proceeded to say the prayer 'Jesus Loves Me this I know for the Bible tells me so,' It went from recitation into song! Beautiful! "Would you say that prayer during the Baptism?" I asked. He said he would an...

For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.   We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;   persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;   always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.   (2 Corinthians 4:6-10) I’m a fan of Leonard Cohen and like his song ‘Anthem’ which has a line that says, “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” It’s like what we read in 2 Corinthians, except Paul tells us that the light is already within us. We are the earthen vessels that contain the radiant light of Jesus, a light that goes out from us through the crac...

Totus Tuus Jesus Christ Is everything Alpha and Omega Beginning and End Apart from You Nothing In You All find Their home It is Your Face O Lord...hide not Your Face Glory be To the Father The Son and Holy Spirit Totally Yours