“[King Antiochus] called all his friends and said to them, “Sleep departs from my eyes and I am downhearted with worry . . . To what distress I have come . . . I was kind and beloved in my power.’ But now I remember the evils I did in Jerusalem. I seized all her vessels of silver and gold; and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Judah without good reason.” 1 Maccabees 6:10-12. Pope Benedict XVI said, “Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary.”

Let us pray, Lord Jesus, may Your Spirit guide us to always respect the holy, the sacred: the articles, the vessels, the places and the people. They are consecrated to You; for the respect we accord them is respect accorded to You, our Lord and God. Amen. “Let your light shine!!” Be blessed. Larry.