Easter Monday

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console, To be understood as to understand, To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life." (A Prayer of St. Francis) I am not Catholic. I am Christian and I am profoundly saddened by the death of Pope Francis. I am not saddened by the fact that a "Pope" died, but that a man who truly followed in the footsteps of Jesus and lead by example has passed away. For me, Francis exemplified what Christians strive to be. He, like Jesus, humbled himself. He walked among sinners and outcasts. He advocated for those who are marginalized. He embraced...