We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children

that makes the heart too big for the body.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Photo by REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

This photograph of school children in Abuja, Nigeria taken on Monday, May 22 when Bono and other activists from DATA [Ed. note: Hi Sheila! Traveling mercies home. Chicago misses you!] visited their school, brings to my mind something Jesus said. Look into their eyes. See what he sees. Try to see them with the eyes of God …

From the Gospel of St. Luke, Chapter 9:

Then a dispute arose among [Jesus’ disciples] as to which of them would be greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by Him, and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all will be great.”