Pilgrimage Year of Hope 2025
a short refection by Father John McEvoy
The way we live our lives gives witness to our faith by proclaiming God’s truth, goodness, beauty, love and hope. Easter Season helps us enter into the Pilgrimage Year of Hope as pilgrims of hope.
Saint John entered the tomb that first Easter morning proclaiming ” I saw and I believed.” This comes after the dark day of Good Friday with Judas betraying Jesus then despairing, the opposite of hope, leading to ending his life.
Peter also betraying but trusting in Jesus’ loving mercy, not losing hope, had the will to say “I have sinned”, proclaiming “Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you.”
In this Pilgrimage Year of Hope, we can proclaim the prayer of the children of Fatima:
I believe. I adore. I love. I hope.
I pray for those
who not believe, do not adore
do not love , do not hope
Father John McEvoy
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