Do you find hope when you look around you reading “ the signs of the times?” We are meant to look at the world with clear eyes, to see what is happening, and be attentive. But this attention is of a particular type, it is not the attention of the scientist or the philosopher or the politician—though it can include those. It is an attention to the things of God.
Continue reading “Week 45. Hope for Justice. Attention.”Patience and persistence are two keys to hope. Today’s way of living certainly doesn’t help us cultivate these qualities. Many of us have to deal with negative thinking, codependency, fear of abandonment, shame, and guilt. We often feel weak, unsure, and powerless against such terrifying and constant forces.
Continue reading “Week 45. Hope for Justice. Keys to Hope.”Truth is the foundation of hope which helps us rise to greater heights. We can soar to a place where we see outside ourselves and notice the needs of others.
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth in a word, to know himself so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.
Pope St. John Paul II
Lord, draw me to the fullness of truth knowing the hope of justice.
Living justly makes me hopeful. It changes my perspective, seeing beyond my limitations.
Continue reading “Week 45. Hope for Justice. Perspective.”To live justly we must constantly walk through the doorway of our shared inheritance.
Continue reading “Week 44. Living Justly. Looking for God’s Goodness and Weekly Reflection Summary”Living justly requires effort on my part. I must fight the path of least resistance and wake up to the fullness of life around me.
Continue reading “Week 44. Living Justly. Valuing My Gifts.”Life is about becoming. It’s not about doing and having. These are the distractions that get in our way.
Continue reading “Week 44. Living Justly. Sowing Justice.”In a culture where everyone is screaming for their rights, are we losing who we are? Are we asleep to the people that God created us to be?
Continue reading “Week 44. Living Justly. Filling Gaps.”I am called to be your partner in justice. We are all called to be saints. Grant me the courage to go to the places of injustice and work to reveal the glory of Your kingdom.
Continue reading “Week 44. Living Justly. Saving Help.”When we turn to our Creator, we are shown merciful love. Love fills our heart leaving little room for fear. Gone are the thoughts that I am separated from the Spirit that lives in me.
Continue reading “Week 44. Living Justly. Threads of Faith.”
Smitten With Goodness 