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They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 27 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 27

What if he can’t fight this...? I wondered. My closest friend’s six-week-old baby boy was diagnosed with a rare terminal illness and dreams for their long awaited first child were tragically shattered. Our community rallied around them as this tender infant battled surgery, chemotherapy, and blood transfusions, including one week on the ventilator. But of all things that could have occupied her heart that evening, she was thinking of me.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 26 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 26

"Hoping against hope, Abraham believed, and thus became the father of many nations." // Catechism of the Catholic Church 1819 No statement better summarizes Abraham, the "archetype of hope" unto whom God promised to make a great nation (see Genesis 12:1-4). But ninety-nine years passed and Abraham still had no heirs (see Genesis 17:1-2), yet he continued to "hope against hope" (Romans 4:18).
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 25 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 25

It was a busy day at work when the phone rang. The tone of my husband instantly spelled dreadful news. “I’ve been arrested,†he said.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 24 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 24

Soon after Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army in 1975, thousands of civilians were imprisoned. One of these was Saigon’s newly appointed archbishop, Francis Xavier Nguyen van Thuan, seized on August 15th.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 23 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 23

My mind froze trying to grapple how a friend—someone who knew me so intimately—could betray me. I often chide and say that if there ever were a binding contract for pastoral ministry, the fine print would warn the undersigned that ministry is hazardous, that it would subject them to expressions of animosity, slander, and betrayal. In my grief, I whispered, "Lord, I need hope again!"
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 22 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 22

Omnipotent. I remember learning this word while studying vocabulary, and the example used was that of an “all-powerful†God. I love this word! Partially because it brings back memories of one of my favorite school subjects, but also because it has such an authoritative tone.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 21 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 21

The idea of “living in the moment†sounds blissful, right? Yet sometimes it can be so very hard to do.  I am self-admittedly impatient. This posed a challenge for me when it came to my husband and I planning to start our family.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 20 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 20

Years ago, shortly after my grandfather died, I asked my grandma how she was doing and what it was like to wake up everyday without him. She amazed me with a response I didn't expect, and she spoke so simply and matter-of-fact.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 19 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 19

I was going for an afternoon walk with a friend when she was telling me about a conversation she had with her spiritual director. The Priest had asked her, “Out of the three theological virtues (faith, hope, and love) which virtue do you feel the weakest in?â€
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 18 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 18

A couple of years ago, I went to the funeral of a five-month-old baby boy. He passed away after fighting against the life threatening birth defects of Trisomy 18. That night I wept. Especially after listening to a worship song about joy coming in the morning. “What a lie,†I thought.
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 17 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 17

Hope in the Lives of the Saints // Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Saint Gianna Molla had four children in six years. Because of this, I naively assumed that when it...
They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 16 - Blessed Is She

They That Hope: The 2022 Prayer Pledge // Day 16

The prophet Jeremiah lived around 650-570 BC and is known as “the weeping prophet.†As the author of three heavy books of the Bible (Kings, Jeremiah, and Lamentations), his message is not always an easy one.Â