Tag: hope

St. Paul urges us to “have no anxiety at all.” That’s a bit hard with all that is going on in our world – destructive weather, violence and shootings, terror and civil discord. Our hearts go out to all those hurting and all who worry about them. We pray in a special for those affected by the shooting in Las Vegas. These realities can lead not only to anxiety, but fear, even despair. St. Thomas Aquinas labeled despair “the sorrow of the world.” How in the midst of all that can we be not be anxious? St Paul provides the formula: he wrote “in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving make your requests known to God.” In other words with a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through His church…