“There are no “do overs” on days after they pass….let’s make this one a great one!” ~ Bree Chapman
This evening, Stacy Yelton and I attended Nine Lessons and Carols at Good Shepherd alongside Lori-Lyn Hurley and her beautiful mom. The first thing I saw when I stepped into the chapel was this prayer station. I don’t recall seeing it last year, so I asked Lori-Lyn if I had missed it. I hadn’t missed it because it wasn’t there this time last year. It was just installed a few months ago.
This station is small and humble by comparison to a similar prayer station at the Basilica I visited in May of last year. There, too, I was instantly drawn to the candles. As Lori-Lyn and I discussed this evening, there’s something very important about lighting a candle as a prayer. People light candles as a prayer for an aging loved one, the grumbling world, an ailing neighbor, or for themselves to be better, to do better in this life. Whatever the reason(s) may be, lighting a candle in prayer is a contemplative act, and it creates a space of warmth, compassion, tenderness, understanding. Kudos to Good Shepherd for providing such a space for their parishioners. I am grateful once more to attend their Christmas offering of Nine Lessons and Carols.
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