March 20, 2025 – Day Fourteen
We gain victory over the world by our faith; confessing it, nourishing it, and trusting in God.
~ Pope Francis
Ponder:
How can I find ways to practice faith, hope and love more deeply in my daily life?
Pray:
God of hope, strengthen my faith that I may trust in hope and better love all who cross my path.
Poem from Karen Ann McKinna (2017):
“What is Hope?”
A projected visual of the future built to my specifications?
An attempt to manipulate destiny and God’s good willed plans?
A yearning away from present circumstance and situations?
Or a framing of wants not needs with folded prayerful hands?
I will try to say, in an enigmatic way, that hope abides right here
In this moment which differs from any other in the stream
Of time, and never will return, repeat or bless us again, my dear.
Its poignancy and presence are gone forever, as if in a dream.
So come into this moment with your mindfulness and attentiveness
For Christ is waiting here to expand our lives with His love and blessedness.
Excerpts used with permission from Twenty-Third Publications.