'The prayer of Francis of Assisi reminds us that we can be a channel of God’s love for others.' Photo: ‘Bla Mihou Wah’, a Baoulé prayer for migrants, by Aude-Andre Saturnio on Unsplash

‘These are not my children, they’re God’s children.’

For the love of God: Kate McNally’s Thought for the Week

‘These are not my children, they’re God’s children.’

by Kate McNally 2nd July 2021

This pandemic has shown that many of us need love to drive out the fear around us. We all need love to quench the fires of fear and dread, and the grief we feel for parts of our lives that are lost to us. How can we provide this for others when the love we need is drowned out by our own fear? How can we wake the faith we need to do God’s work, to drive out fear with love when our own reservoirs feel so depleted?