We wait in the silence O Lord

Anxious, yet anticipating

Hopelessness and hope compete

Light and darkness do battle in my soul.

In the emptiness of life

Isolated

Separated from family and friends

I find peace

Growing in the realisation

That I am not alone.

Amen

You might like to listen to the beautiful, prayerful piece of music by Kari Jobe:

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You might also like to read this beautiful meditation from Marist Brother Peter Carroll that captures the way Mary, although reduced to a silent spectator and helpless bystander, stood with and by Jesus.

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