The Light of the World: A Conversation with Clark Massey
After noon Mass on Thursday Clark Massey of
Simple House asked me, “Do you have any old candles?” “Do we have candles! Take a look at these” I replied and pulled
open a drawer in the sacristy. Clark started loading up with the stubs of altar candles
and I asked him “What do you need them for?”
“For the homeless,” he replied. “They
use them for heat.” “That’s right,” the
man who was with him added. “With a
candle and a blanket I have woken up in the morning nice and warm with snow all
around. And I can heat up a can of soup,
too!” I was amazed, realizing how little I know about how some of us live, and
trying to imagine myself being thankful for the heat of a candle. “Tell everybody they are blessed,” I said.
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