To draw sustenance, we must continue to go to the sources that refresh us: friends, prayer, the sacraments, the Mass and Scripture, all of which equip us for the spiritual battle, and to recognize that God is always with us too, truly fighting at our side.

Only the Samaritan turned back to praise God and (literally translated) “fell before his feet” and thanked Jesus.

If we truly believe that God is on watch for the poor, the widow and the orphan, then now is the time to align ourselves with God’s reign, with Lazarus.

There is a reality to which God has called us that is not dependent upon our goods but on the preparation of our souls.