A friend of mine once told me that the only way around despair was to go through it.  At the time, those words were a bitter pill for me to swallow.  I am forever grateful to that friend, as he helped me go through one of the more difficult times of my life. Looking back now, I realized that it was often through the love and care of the larger saint community that enabled me to navigate through the road to hope.  

For this week’s devotional, I w...