Monday of the 5th Week of Lent

“Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.”

Our psalm today is another one of those things that we hear often in Scripture, and which sounds nice, but we have to ask if we really take it to heart. When it seems like our prayers are not being answered – or at least being answered as we would like – do we despair or do we take to heart these words of the great psalmist? Do we trust that God’s love and grace are with us regardless of what happens to us in this life? That trust (or at least that hope) is what marks the faithful people of God.

May we seek to trust that God is with us at every step of the way – in good times and in bad – and that, walking with us, he will lead us to the everlasting peace and joy of heaven.+