Their light still shines

Like many around the world today, I have been greatly disturbed by this weekend’s attacks in Texas and Ohio resulting in loss of innocent life. Such events are truly heartbreaking.

In thinking about these senseless tragedies, I find inspiration and comfort in an image from another event that was in the news earlier this year. The day after the Notre Dame Cathedral became engulfed in flames and the iconic spire collapsed, news photos showed votive candles that had been lit in loving prayer before the fire and were still burning brightly. This scene of surviving light amid destruction offered hope to many.

Could this idea of continuing light hold a message of hope in the face of other, more devastating events as well? 

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