This Little Light O' Mine

  On Saturday night, we sang one of my favorite sing-a-along songs - "This Little Light O' Mine, I'm gonna let it shine..."  And I sang words such as..."when I'm feeling blue, I'm gonna let it shine...when I'm feeling poor, I'm gonna let it shine...when I'm in the subway...I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine..."

And on the subway on Monday, I was a little worried about something - even though I could hear Padre Pio saying over and over again, "Pray and don't worry."   And so many of his words saying that worry is the way of darkness and prayer is the way of light.  "Non avere paura.  Tutto andra bene," he said to people asking his help.    "Don't worry, all will be well."

And as the worries surmounted, and the people got more and more crowded on the subway platform, I could feel myself getting hot, temperamental and a little miserable.  And then, like a choir of angels, I heard 3 beautiful male voices harmonizing with a powerful female voice one subway floor above singing,  "This little light o' mine, I'm gonna let it shine...This little light o' mine, I'm gonna let it shine..."

So like a call from God, I followed the voices upstairs, listened to them finish the song that I needed to hear, felt the grace of Guruji, gave them some money and decided to walk the 20 blocks to Whole Foods.  And as I told my beau, who sang the song back to me a wee bit on Tuesday night, we've got to remember that not much is really up to us.   All is divinely ordered beyond what we can comprehend.