Believing
Advent this year is like Earth. In this time we set apart to touch the deeper realities, do I trust the surge to new life even amidst a world weary of war and hate? Do I trust the urge to gather with people who are hope-givers? Do I believe that I can contribute to that essential group? Do I trust that there is the will to stand together against the forces of despair and desolation? Do I trust above all the challenging invitation to make peace, to respect, to accept and work toward harmony with what is different, with what is “other?”
~Sheila Hammond, rscj