When Mary and Joseph presented Jesus in the Temple, a devout man named Simeon recognized the Child as the Messiah. In Jesus’ adult ministry, people in His hometown of Nazareth showed little faith in the Son of a carpenter, despite His wisdom. A grateful man freed of unclean spirits wanted to follow the Lord, even as others begged Jesus to leave the area because those unclean spirits had entered a herd of swine seen rushing into the sea in a terrifying frenzy. When Jesus began to send the Apostles to minister in His name, they each carried nothing but a walking stick. At times, we fold our hands in prayer, holding onto the faith we have. Especially when events in our lives take a fearsome turn, do we consider that the Lord might want us to open our hands in prayer, letting go of whatever encumbers us and accepting greater faith?