Seeking Good News

So often we wake to news that is not good. We read of accidents, tragedies and natural disasters. We often hear also of people's misdeads and betrayals. With such a constant diet of misery and misfortune who can blame anyone for shutting down. We can only take so much without trying to retreat into our own privatised world.

Yet the Gospel seeks for us to become detectives of grace. To listen for the hidden wisdom and the sheltered word. This is a proclamation that gently recreates us and unites us in faith. No longer are we called to be strangers to each other or aliens in our own land. The searching for the meaning at the heart of life reveals that we are not the sum of our fears. We are children of hope called to witness to our faith in every age. We are not victims of circumstance but agents of compassion. 

May we seek this truth everyday and be present to God in our everyday lives.