Week 5:
Living in hope
In many of the electronic games played on devices today there is a re-set button so that, if things aren’t going well, you can simply start over again. In real life, when bad things happen, we don’t get to press restart. Suffering, particularly prolonged suffering, can make us question God, question our faith, and question our own self. We can be entombed in our pain like Lazarus in today’s Gospel from John (Chapter 11: Verses 3-7, 17, 23-27, 33-35).
Use the resources below to go deeper with this theme.
Click the image below to read the full Gospel.
Click the image below for a short version of the reflection.
Click the image below to listen to the song
‘Living in Hope’ by Paul Wickham
Click the image below to view a short video reflection.
Closing Prayer
Mysterious God,
You are with us in experiences of absence and presence.
Through times of darkness and doubt
and in moments and days of conviction and light,
Deepen our faith in Christ, our resurrection and life.
We pray inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Amen
