Reflection Starter

"A holy man was deep in prayer when past him came a cripple, then a bit later came a beggar, and when a man who had been beaten past by, the holy man cried out: 'Lord . . . Lord, how is it that such a loving God can see these things and yet do nothing about them?'

"Out of the silence, God spoke: 'Listen up! I did do something about them. I created you.' - Hasidic tale