“They [the laity] show themselves to be children of the promise, if, strong in faith and in hope, they make the most of the present time (cf. Eph. 5:16; Col. 4:5), and with patience await the glory that is to come (cf. Rom. 8:25). Let them not, then hide this hope in the depths of their hearts, but even in the framework of secular life let them express it by a continual turning toward God and by wrestling ‘against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness’ (Eph. 6:12).” (from Lumen Gentium 34)
Author: Sr. Dorcee, beloved
I am the one whom Jesus loves.
Be not afraid
BE NOT AFRAID! (John Paul II, October 16, 1978 and many, many times afterward . . .)
“We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his son, Jesus.” (WYD 2002, Toronto)
Witnesses to Hope 