Category Archives: hope
“I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
A follow-up by Larissa on yesterday’s post: Learning Contentment through Suffering. I want to be like these people when I grow up!
You do not suffer in vain
For those of you who are suffering . . . even in this Easter season . . . here is a word from John Paul II: You have not suffered or do not suffer in vain. Pain matures you in spirit, purifies you in heart, gives you a real sense of the world and of …
“Hope in the Midst of the Storms of Life”
The recording and handouts for the “Hope in the Midst of the Storms of Life” talk are now uploaded. Go to the “Talks” tab above and click on “Witnesses to Hope talks.”
Where is Christ today?
[A repost from the past] This is the day when everything is silent. We can go about the day not giving much of a thought to it–just seeing it as the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Yet monumental things were happening in the spiritual realm. Christ descended to hell to set captives free. …
“One thing that helps any relationship”
A guest post from Ann Voskamp for those of you who struggle with a relationship with a family member: “One thing that helps any relationship”
A star of hope
“Just as the presence of the memory of God’s goodness helps us and becomes a star of hope for us in our common, collective history, so also each of us has his own personal history of salvation, and we must truly treasure this history, keeping always in mind the great things He has also done …
The strength of hope
Just to underline what Pope Benedict said in his meditation on Ps 136 this past Wednesday: “Remembering becomes the strength of hope. Remembering tells us: God is; God is good, and His mercy is eternal.” This is so important for us to cultivate, this art, this habit of remembering. Life can move too fast, and …
Remembering
From Benedict XVI’s reflection on Psalm 136: [W]e can say: The liberation from Egypt, the time in the desert, the entrance into the Promised Land and then the other problems are very distant from us; they are not part of our history. But we must be attentive to the fundamental structure of this prayer [of …
Dull weather
Is it “one of those days”? Here is a little encouragement from Amy Carmichael: Ps. 76.4 LXX Thou dost wonderfully shine forth from the everlasting mountains. Sometimes it is dull weather in our soul. Here is a word for such days. Often when it is misty on the plains it is bright on the mountains. …
