Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
In the ancient red earth of Patagonia, paleontologists have unearthed a heron-like dinosaur that prowled shallow waters seventy million years ago. Long-legged, sharp-billed, and patient as time itself, it reminds us that predation and grace have always shared the same silhouette.
From deep prehistory we turn to the present, where a Catholic priest has been charged with felony theft, accused of stealing roughly one hundred sixty thousand dollars from his former parish. The alleged misconduct surfaced only after he had already resigned amid a separate criminal investigation, raising quiet questions about the structures we build around trust.
And in Colton, California, a pastor has now joined his wife in facing a second murder charge connected to a congregant who vanished in two thousand twenty three, after leaving their congregation. The details are still unfolding, but the weight of them settles heavily, as it always does when harm is done in the name of the sacred.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
