As we come to the realities of the happenings around us, one can only bear in mind the life God has given us and the graces and blessings that make their way to us. So, too, we don't lose sight of the people around us. People that are hurting and suffering. We give thanks, in a breath of gratefulness and gratitude. Our prayers are heard by the Lord and we are edified.

In this section Pope Francis gives us to know the efficacy of God's grace and mercy. How we come to be part it of whether we are on the receiving end, on the giving end or even on the sidelines looking on.

'A people for everyone...
112. The salvation which God offers us is the work of his mercy. No human efforts, however, good they may be, can enable us to merit so great a gift. God, by his sheer grace draws us to himself and makes us one with him. He sends His Spirit into our hearts to make us his children, transforming us and enabling us to respond to his love by our lives. The Church is sent by Jesus Christ as the sacrament of the salvation offered by God. Through her evangelizing activity, she cooperates as an instrument of that divine grace which works unceasingly and inscrutably. Benedict XVI put it nicely at the beginning of the Synod's reflections: "It is important always to know that the first word, the true initiative, the true activity comes from God and only by inserting ourselves into the divine initiative, only begging for this divine initiative, shall we too be able to become-with him and in him-evangelizers." This principle of the primacy of grace must be a beacon which constantly illuminates our reflections on evangelization.'

Reading the above was enlightening to know the encouragement that the Lord gives us. We listen. Our only response is to receive in our hearts and pass it on. It's a work of faith that we step forward...
Blessings for the evening. :)