Ubi Caritas: Nouwen Meditation: Always Reason to Hope

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: Always Reason to Hope

Now & Then Podcast

Leading contemporary artist and cultural influencer, Makoto Fujimura’s art and writing embody themes of healing, hope and redemption. On this episode of Henri Nouwen Now & Then, Mako shares his deep faith and his vision of what artists have to offer the Church.

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DAILY MEDITATION | DECEMBER 9, 2023

Always Reason to Hope

I am increasingly impressed by the Christian possibility of celebrating not only moments of joy but also moments of pain, thus affirming God’s real presence in the thick of our lives. A true Christian always affirms life, because God is the God of life, a life stronger than death and destruction. In him we find no reason to despair. There is always reason to hope, even when our eyes are filled with tears.

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“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

HABAKKUK 3:17-18 (NIV)

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