Reflection

“If you give people light, they will find their own way.” –Dante Alighieri

Prayer

Eternal Light,

Sometimes our desire to help friends and family leads us to overstep boundaries and provide unsolicited advice for all the problems they face. Despite our best intentions, we risk short-circuiting their own process of self-discovery. Help us, therefore, to be patient with those we love and desire to help, and to show them greater respect by fully entrusting them into your hands. May we humbly share with them the light that we’ve found, and then have faith that they will find their own way. Through your help, gracious God, we pray. Amen.

Call to Action

Who in my life needs less of my advice and more of my encouragement to follow the path they are discovering? Be willing to do so today, through a simple word or gesture.