A New Reason to Hope

Sunday Collect – January 23, 2022

"Hope is the last thing ever lost." Italian Proverb

---

COLLECT

A recap/summary of the week’s prayers and contemplations

MONDAY
We honored the Coretta Scott King’s hope for her husband’s legacy.

TUESDAY
We gleaned words of hope from Thomas Merton. 

WEDNESDAY
We shared beatitudes of hope for justice-seekers. 

THURSDAY
We found hope by looking up to the moon. 

FRIDAY 
We faced death and gained eternal hope. 

SATURDAY 
We looked back on our week for glimmers of hope. 

---

PRAXIS

I love when a TV series reminds me that there is still hope to be found. Sometimes visiting another world, another reality, another story is just the ticket to rekindle our hope in the world and in our very real stories. And while there are lots (and lots) of shows that give me great joy – these are the ones that give me hope in humanity: 

Anne with an E
Love on the Spectrum
Call the Midwife
Pose 
Dating Around 
Home 
Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist 
Gilmore Girls
Trying 
Modern Love 
Queer Eye 

Feel free to share in the comments below what TV shows rekindle your hope in the world.

---

THE LORD’S PRAYER

From Theatre in Your Life by Robert Barton and Annie McGregor 

O cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration. Soften the ground of our being and carve out a space within us where your Presence can abide.

Fill us with your creativity so that we may be empowered to bear the fruit of your mission.

Let each of our actions bear fruit in accordance with our desire.

Endow us with the wisdom to produce and share what each being needs to grow and flourish. 

Untie the tangled threads of destiny that bind us, as we release others from the entanglement of past mistakes.

Do not let us be seduced by that which would divert us from our true purpose, but illuminate the opportunities of the present moment.

For you are the ground and the fruitful vision, the birth, power and fulfillment, as all is gathered and made whole once again.

Amen.