A GRACE TO PRAY FOR
In this 6th Sunday of Easter's homily reflection: A REASON TO HOPE, Patricia Sanchez, in Preaching Resources, offers this thought which is a good 'reason to hope', or 'something to pray for' for ourselves and for others:
"In today's second reading, the author of 1 Peter encouraged readers always to be ready to explain the reason for their hope. That reason was and always will be the person of Jesus Christ, who has loved us and revealed himself to us. (bold and underline is ours) In the strength of that love and by the power of his presence, we have hope despite the wars that continue to wrack this world with pain and grief, despite the calamities of nature, despite the diseases that seem to defy any attempts at a cure, despite the poverty that goes unchecked, despite the homeless, the hungry, the lost and the lame of body and spirit. Despite all those whose sorry lot attests to the weakness of our efforts, we have a living, breathing, loving and caring reason to hope. The witness of our hope can speak louder than any evil and truer than any grief ... until the One who is our hope comes again."
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