SPIRITUALITY - 3

"Our Role as a Lamplighter."

Contributed by Jeanette Barklamb, September 2010.

Lighting a candle is a prayer;
When we have gone it stays alight
Kindling in the hearts and minds
of others the prayers
we have already offered for them
and for others
for the sad, the sick, and the suffering
and prayers of thankfulness too.

Light ing a prayer is a parable;
Burning itself out,
It gives light to others.
Christ gave himself for others.
He calls us to give ourselves.

Lighting a candle is a symbol;
Of love and hope,
Of light and warmth.
Our world needs them all.
'Viewpoint', 25 October 2002.

From 'A Canopy of Stars'       by Christopher Gleeson SJ.

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