Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
In Myanmar, where faith runs deep beneath the weight of conflict, the military has destroyed two churches this month, bombing a Presbyterian sanctuary in Mindat and burning a Baptist church near Bhamo. The act stands as an accusation under humanitarian law, and as a wound that echoes far beyond any single building.
And yet, from that same embattled land, a different image arrives. More than one thousand six hundred children gathered this weekend to mark the centenary of World Mission Sunday. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo reminded them that even a child carries the capacity to be a missionary, simply by sharing love. In the midst of devastation, something quietly luminous persists.
Across the world, in an altogether different kind of sky, singer Donnie Wahlberg found himself aboard a private jet facing what he described as a terrifying ordeal. He emerged grateful, praising what he called God's protection, and prayed alongside the pilots who helped bring everyone safely home. It is a small story, perhaps, but it asks the oldest question we carry — what are we to make of the moments when we are spared?
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
