For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nothing already in existence and nothing still to come, nor any power, nor the heights nor the depths, nor any created thing whatever, will be able to come between us and the love of God, known to us in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8: 38-39

“The love of God has become visible in Jesus. . . . in the descending way. That is the great mystery of the Incarnation. God has descended to us human beings to become a human being with us. . . . God’s way can be grasped only in prayer. . . . The mystery of God’s presence can be touched only by a deep awareness of his absence. It is in the center of our longing for an absent God that we discover his footprints. . . .”

to read the rest of this devotional see Show Me the Way: Daily Lenten Readings by Henri Nouwen