Saturday, September 15, 2007

The Word of the Day: Hope

Pax Christi vobiscum! Come Holy Spirit!

Okay, so I have been reading St. Maria Faustina's Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul, which is excellent, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to grow in their relationship with God. There is one section in particular that gave me great hope, and I just could not wait to post it; it could be just what someone needs to read.

"Let no soul, even the most miserable, fall prey to doubt; for, as long as one is alive, each one can become a great saint, so great is the power of God's grace. It remains only for us not to oppose God's action" (Notebook I, #283).

That's all we have to do: ask the Lord to give us His grace to pick back up and start again, even when the going gets tough. He wants to take us and make us more than we are. For while God loves us right where we are, He loves us too much to leave us there. And that gives me great hope. And that's the word.

Oh, and check the Castel Gandolfo post. There should be a pic there now.

God bless!

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