Holy Spirit of Jesus, help be light in the world…

 
Ephesians 5:8-14

 
It is the light returning to the world that is the hopefulness of spring! Each day, Increasing light increasingly prompts sap to flow in the trees to make syrup, and to awaken the leaves and the branches to grow.  Snow is melting to expose grass and perennial plants, to awaken their leaves to draw on the energy of the sun and make food for themselves and for us. St Paul calls out the light in the believers of Ephesus: “Once you were in the darkness, but now in the Lord you are light!” As we look forward to the Resurrection of Jesus, we, too, can let the Son shine into our hearts, so that we can give our life’s essence as the syrup of kindness and our leaves, our works, as peaceful shelter for others from the storms of life.  We can face the Son more and more each day to absorb the rays of compassion and joy to feed the citizens of the world that are so hungry to be known and loved.  As we head into this new season of springtime, will we cling to the unfruitful fruits and stories and the works of darkness, or will we live as children of the light – lifting our beings to all that is good and true, and living in light with our Lord, Jesus Christ?  Holy Spirit of Jesus, help me to be light in the dark.  
 
He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.”  (Psalm 23:3) 
 
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
Saint Patrick’s Breastplate, v.7   
 
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