Is there light in the darkness?

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Written By Opawa-St Martins Parish

Joyce Rupp, "Little Pieces of Light: Darkness and Spiritual Growth, Revised and Expanded Edition

Prayer:

Oh God,

I have been to my inner place

where shadows dwell as dark as death.

I have been to the land of gloom

where my security shudders

and my dreams are coffined.

I want to believe and trust that this land of desolation

contains a gift of growth for me.

Convince me. Assure me it is so.

Wrap this truth of transformation

firmly around my questioning heart.

(Joyce Rupp)

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