Katrina

Who has my child? Where is my spouse? Did someone rescue my parent? Are they alone? Have they died? Are they suffering somewhere? Are they lost? The internet forums after Katrina listed countless pleas for knowledge of the whereabout of loved ones. Countless pleas that people at specific addresses be rescued. These worries will tear at people's hearts and haunt their nightmares for the rest of their lives. We can connect with these loved ones still. If not in person, if not in cyberspace, we can always hold their hands in the sacred space of the presence of God. We can still reassure them with the words we would have said if we were there. We can offer them comfort, holding them in our arms, washing away their tears. For wherever they are, God has them, and in God we can always meet them.

(c) Daughters of St. Paul