•…from that day on, the spirit of the LORD rushed upon David. (1 Samuel 16:13)
•…you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (Psalm 23:5)
•You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness… (Ephesians 5:8,9)
•“Do you believe in the Son of Man?” He answered and said, “Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” (John 9:35,6)

 

•How are you able to believe in Jesus (in God?)
•How do your blessings (faith) overflow?
•How are you a “child of the light”? How do you live as “children of light”?

When we pray we should occasionally cup our hands and hold them open before God. This gesture represents the openness of a heart ready to be trusted and filled by God’s loving presence. Identifying with the humble and the poor Jesus, Francis opened his hands and heart. He became a beggar like the ones he saw along the wayside, and trusted completely in divine providence.¹



Simsic, Wayne, Living the Wisdom of St. Francis, Paulist Press; Mahwah, NJ, p. 20.