Reading, meditation, prayer, contemplation ... is what normally occurs when we give it time to happen.
The story of Esther in the Old Testament from today's first reading is a remarkable prelude to the witness of Mary who also saved her people by her be it done unto me.
The apostle will exclaim, Glory be to God whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we ask or imagine. The key is to ask, to imagine.
As Gaspar would say, It is impossible for God to abandon any one who trusts in him.
