To have hope
Is to believe that history continues open
To the dream of God and to human creativity.
To have hope
Is to continue affirming
That it is possible to dream a different world,
Without hunger, without injustice,
Without discrimination.
To have hope
Is to be a courier of God
And courier of men and women of good will,
Tearing down walls, destroying borders,
Building bridges.
To have hope
Is to believe in the revolutionary potential of faith,
Is to leave the door open so that
The Spirit can enter and make all things anew.
To have hope
Is to believe that life wins over death.
To have hope
Is to begin again as many times as necessary.
To have hope
Is to believe that hope is not
The last thing that dies.
To have hope
Is to believe that hope cannot die,
That hope no longer dies.
To have hope
Is to live.
—Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, Prayer Without Borders
| Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo, Prayer Without Borders “To Have Hope,” in Prayer Without Borders: Celebrating Global Wisdom (Baltimore, MD: Catholic Relief Services, 2005), 7. Reprinted courtesy of Catholic Relief Services. |
