Photos: Falmouth, Maine Town Landing – December 15,2018

Photos: Falmouth, Maine Town Landing – December 15,2018

Joyful persons do not necessarily make jokes, laugh, or even smile. They are not people with an optimistic outlook on life who always relativize the seriousness of a moment or an event. No, joyful persons see with open eyes the hard reality of human existence and at the same time are not imprisoned by it. They have no illusion about the evil powers that roam around, “looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8), but they also know that death has no final power. They suffer with those who suffer, yet they do not hold on to suffering; they point beyond it to an everlasting peace. – Henri Nouwen

Francis: A Life in Songs by Ann Wroe review – the saint’s life in poetry

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/15/francis-life-in-songs-ann-wroe-review?CMP

Enlighten us to discern the anger within us and let it not rule us.

Bring justice to the oppressed of the earth and give them peace.