Words for the week beginning Monday 2nd February

Feast of Candlemas

“God of life,
there are days when the burdens we carry
chafe our shoulders and wear us down;
when the road seems dreary and endless,
the skies gray and threatening;
when our lives have no music in them
and our hearts are lonely,
and our souls have lost their courage.
Flood the path with light, we beseech you;
turn our eyes to where the skies are full of promise.”

Saint Augustine (354 – 430)