Have you said this, heard this, or thought this over the past seven months? “We need good news these days! We need hope!”
Have you visited one of the four Gospels recently? Have you heard the truly good news for all of us? It is the story of how much we are loved, it is the recounting of our simple and blessed life, it is the lowdown on the truth Christ taught and still teaches, it is the history of the hope that is ours, it is the message of God’s great mercy, and it is the report that all things shall be well – and that is good news, indeed!
How many times today will the Lord whisper His good news in our ideas and thoughts? How many times today will He send a message (perhaps through those around us) of His good news? How many times today will He seek to heal our souls and mend our broken hearts? Will we be looking? Will we be listening? May the Lord make His good news the headline in the journals of our lives, writ large enough for all to read and share! May He make His good news our story, recounting in our own tales the story of His love.
“O God, ‘keep’ us, ‘keep’ the Church, even if and when it looks different than it did before. And help us remember that ‘all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.’”
For more on St. Julian of Norwich, the 14th-century mystic (and author of “All shall be well”) who lived during a time of plague: http://www.stpaulsbellingham.org/lindsay-rosshunt/all-shall-be-well-reflections-on-julian-of-norwich and https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/06/24/julian-norwich-believed-all-will-be-well-would-she-say-so-today
