Psalm 27: 1
In most human lives,
there are times of personal darkness and sometime to the extreme that one
senses there is no light at all. The
darkness comes from grief and loss, disappointment, discouragement, hurt and
personal failure. When it is very dark,
it becomes crucial . . . to look to the light.
When the darkness is so pervasive that no light can be found, the only
salvation comes from clinging to the memory of light. In the dreariest dark winter day, one who has
been on the journey for a while remembers that spring will come and with it
light and rebirth.
There are times when
things are or seem to be so dark that even memories of light cannot be brought
forth. It is at those times that the
light of God's love is held in the hands and hearts of those who deeply care about
the one who has sunken into darkness. When even the light of human love is not
able to sustain the one in the depths of darkness and hopelessness, then the
light of God's eternal love is the only source of peace for the loved ones of
that person who has been swallowed in darkness.
In the love of Jesus,
Fr. Lenny Zamborsky
April 30, 2006
For reflection:
When in a "dark night of the soul"
has a "memory of light" brought you consolation?
When has a caring person shown you the light of God's love?
Fr. Lenny was that caring person for me, especially in times of loss and grief. Reading his bulletin comment now, I sense that its poignancy comes out of his own experience of darkness. May he now experience the everlasting light of God's love and mercy.
ReplyDeleteFr. Lenny was that caring person for me, especially in times of loss and grief. Reading his bulletin comment now, I sense that its poignancy comes out of his own experience of darkness. May he now experience the everlasting light of God's love and mercy.
ReplyDeleteFr. Lenny was that caring person for me, especially in times of loss and grief. Reading his bulletin comment now, I sense that its poignancy comes out of his own experience of darkness. May he now experience the everlasting light of God's love and mercy.
ReplyDeleteWhoops, I do not know how I posted that 3 times and I do not know how to delete!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry. I can fix that. Oh wait...but now I can't because then the rest of the comments won't make sense! 😀
DeleteDon't worry. I can fix that. Oh wait...but now I can't because then the rest of the comments won't make sense! 😀
DeleteNice going Marie
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha......thank you for the laughter! Perhaps your words needed to be read several times.............God is our Light and our Love. "For the Lord our Light and our Love has turned the night into day......." ( Let us build the City of God hymn)I cling to that Light
ReplyDeleteI think it is comforting to know that Fr Lenny is experiencing the everlasting light of God's love and mercy. I think for so many, after the death of Fr Lenny, they found themselves in darkness. For me I feel I am now coming into the light through the light of God's love. The light of God's love comes through the hands and hearts of my friends (old and new), co-workers, and family. Thank you for sustaining me through my darkness and hopelessness.
ReplyDeleteI think it is comforting to know that Fr Lenny is experiencing the everlasting light of God's love and mercy. I think for so many, after the death of Fr Lenny, they found themselves in darkness. For me I feel I am now coming into the light through the light of God's love. The light of God's love comes through the hands and hearts of my friends (old and new), co-workers, and family. Thank you for sustaining me through my darkness and hopelessness.
ReplyDelete:-)
ReplyDeleteI read Fr. Lenny's reflection today over and over -- and I think your comment bears multiple readings, too, Sr. Marie. Fr. Lenny was so able to help many of us through dark times -- he even had a step-by-step methodology, as this column suggests -- but his death reveals that even with a deep understanding of depression we may be unable at some times to tap that understanding. How poignant indeed.
ReplyDeleteI think it is comforting to know that Fr Lenny is experiencing the everlasting light of God's love and mercy. I think for so many, after the death of Fr Lenny, they found themselves in darkness. For me I feel I am now coming into the light through the light of God's love. The light of God's love comes through the hands and hearts of my friends (old and new), co-workers, and family. Thank you for sustaining me through my darkness and hopelessness.
ReplyDeleteLike the Gloria Estavan song I love, "Coming Out of the Dark"
DeleteI wonder why mine posted 3x too?
ReplyDeleteNice going, Beth
DeleteTouché! :)
DeleteYou all are making me smile through my Kleenex today!
"When even the light of human love is not able to sustain the one in the depths of darkness and hopelessness, then the light of God's eternal love is the only source of peace for the loved ones of that person who has been swallowed in darkness."
ReplyDeleteThis hit me hard. A kind of premonition - a warning and a gift.