June 15, 2026
Looking for Signs of Hope and Promise
More than anything else, [the contemplative critic] will look for signs of hope and promise in the situation in which he finds himself…. He knows that if there is hope for a better world in the future the signs must be visible in the present, and he will never curse the now in favor of the later. He is not a naive optimist who expects his frustrated desires to be satisfied in the future, nor a bitter pessimist who keeps repeating that the past has taught him that there is nothing new under the sun; he is rather a man of hope who lives with the unshakable conviction that now he is seeing a dim reflection in a mirror, but that one day he will see the future face to face.
By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- 1 Peter 1:3
Reflection Question: How will you resist being anxious for the future and focus on hope in the present?
