When we are full of anguish and anxiety, facing many challenges in life, tranquility and peace seem like extremely hard to reach. If we stay focused on ourselves, then they’ll become moving targets: the more we look for them, the more they go away from us.

                        That happens because we live selfishly, letting our own problems become the center of our lives. However, if we stop, look and pay attention to what’s around us, on the streets, on the workplace, and even inside our homes, we’ll see people facing challenges as difficult as ours and, frequently, much more difficult.  

                        On the hard times o four lives, helping others might be the last thing we feel like doing. That’s exactly the point where our mistake resides: these moments are specially suitable to Christian action.

                        We may not have peace, tranquility or someone who supports and stimulates us; but we do have what it takes to support, stimulate and help other people to calm down, even when we don’t think we can.

                        When we give to others the peace we don’t enjoy and the encouragement we don’t have, something inside us changes, making us stronger to face the challenges of the present and the future. We might not understand how that happens, but we can clearly identify there the endless Divine Mercy in action.

                        Have a blessed, peaceful and joyful week!

                        Fraternally,

                        Euzébia Noleto

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