It was pouring rain and I was sitting in my car, outside my daughter’s school. I had parked right in front of a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was such a consolation to see him there, arms outstretched calling me to contemplate his love for us. And then I realized that my car had been running too long and so I had to turn off my car. The windshield wipers were turned off as well. Suddenly the image of Jesus disappeared and became distorted by the rain pounding on my windshield. It was a perfect meditation of how faith calls us to trust that Jesus is always in the storms of our lives, even when we can’t see him. It made this reality visible to me on a day when I really needed to be reminded of his love for me and his presence for me despite the fact I could not see or feel him. Through this experience I could hear God say: “Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”[a] Hebrews 13:5
Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:20
