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When headlines of injustice weigh us down, where do we turn? This week, I had a conversation with a dear friend about the state of the world, and we ended up agreeing about the power of the Serenity Prayer:
The psalms repeatedly encourage us to tell the truth of how hard life can be.
Long distances can lead to ignorance of civil unrest, hunger, natural disasters. Though far away, all the globe’s peoples are brothers and sisters to us.
Sometimes, in the challenges of our lives, we can feel far from God’s help.
How often do you find that after several minutes of trying to pray, your mind has wandered to topics other than God? Do you grow angry with yourself and give up, or do you push on in those moments?
Looking back I see how easy it was to blame God when I was the one who had gone away—forsaking the healing sacrament of God’s grace.
Jesus’s frequent refrain—“Do not be afraid”—should be our mantra of discipleship.
In our opulent era, many of us have become accustomed to acquiring more money, more prestige, more power, more material comforts. Poverty, in its figurative and literal sense, is societally scorned.
What makes a son good is not what he says to his father, but what he does after the fact by working in the fields (Matthew 21:28–31).
Shaun Niequist in her book Bittersweet wrote: “When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.” Sometimes the healing we need comes through growth that challenges us.
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