Angela and Hope

In the Prologue to the Counsels, 15 Angela writes “Have hope and firm faith in God for He will help you in everything” an echo of the words of the psalmist ““Hope in the Lord! Hold firm, take heart and hope in the Lord!” (Ps 27:14). 

We all know what it is to hope – in our hearts we hold our hopes for our lives, our loved ones, our world. We desire good things to come for ourselves, our family and friends, our communities, our world – despite walking into an unknown future, we continue to hope for the best in everything.  Hope is not just a worldly expectation, an optimistic stance to life – hope is a deep rooted trust that God is directing us to search for the good.  At times each of us will be discouraged, each of us will be anxious, each of us will be apprehensive and uncertain – yet because we believe, we trust that God’s way will prevail.  It may not be our way, but it is the way God leads us if we hope and trust that all will be well because as Saint Paul says in his letter to the Romans: “Hope does not disappoint.” (Romans 5:5)

Taking our cue from Angela who we know always trusted in God and lived from her own hope and faith we can set out on this Jubilee year with a renewed hope that the Holy Spirit is directing us into our future.

Karen OSU

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