Macrina Widerkehr: We know there are stars so far away that their light has not yet reached the earth. Could the same be said about the bright ideas, virtues, creativity and dreams of our own lives? Perhaps some night when you get up to pray, something will turn over in someone’s heart and find its voice all because of your small prayer. Never underestimate what little acts of love can accomplish. Do not take lightly the sacred connections that are possible in daily life. Perhaps our very waiting in the darkness gives some struggling unknown pilgrim of the hours hope.“

Waiting without an agenda

“Vigils is a time of exquisite beauty. It is a time for waiting and watching under the mantle of mystery. It can be a prayer of waiting without agenda, without urgency. We often wait for things we cannot change.

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