Holy Spirit help me seize the hope to which we are called…

Hebrews 6:10 -20

 
It is beautiful how in the winter, one small glimmer of light from a thumbnail moon transforms the inky featurelessness of a dark night into a beautiful, though dimmed, landscape. Frost and snow outline tree branches that in the summer are hidden by leaves, and moon shadows on the snow and ice define the foot path I use for my nightly walks. So it is with hope. No matter how deep the ‘dark night’ of our souls, a glimmer of the ever present Light of the Mercy of God , - a verse from scripture, a line from a song, a smile from a friendly person - can send despair and despondency of heart away, and again trigger the Light and the Love of our Creator that calls our hearts, minds souls and strength to Life again. In this Year of Hope, let us all everyday ‘go for a nightly walk with Jesus’, confident that the glimmers of beauty we see around us in the ‘bones’ of the ‘trees’ outlined by the griefs, fears and longings of our hearts – and  the definition of the path before us in the shadows of ridges and wrinkles of our life – will in good season give way to the full ‘day light’ and Joy of Knowing the Fullness of  God’s Light, Love, and Life playing around, and through, our Be-ings. Holy Spirit of God, help me seize the hope to which we are called.
 
Let me know again the joy of your help, and with a spirt of fervor enliven me, that I might teach others your ways, and sinners might return to you. (Psalm 51:12,13)
 
“We have this hope, a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters the nearer presence of God behind the curtain, where Jesus has entered before us.”
A writer of the book of Hebrews 6:20
 
"We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us, and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision."
Pope Francis, declaring 2025 The Jubilee Year of Hope
 
Let us not be dumbstruck by the evil around us …. St. Ignatius of Loyola
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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