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'Hope for the Journey' Tagged Posts (Page 2)

The Second Coming

In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. Javier reflects on one of W. B. Yeats’ timeless poems: “In this uncertain time—a time where the world, once again, seems to be falling apart at the seams—what does it look like to welcome the hope of the Prince of Peace and Lord of Lords?”

A Season of Joy and… Repentance?

In this week’s Hope for the Journey, Fr. Javier reflects on the gospel readings in Advent: “To receive the Christ child… means to enjoy the gift of God-with-us, God’s ever-present grace in our lives. It also means, however, listening to the prophets who prepared the way by calling us to repentance: pushing us to return to the way of love, calling us out of slavery to sin and into the freedom of the Good News.”