“Transformed by Hope” is proposed as a space of listening and discernment on the Sunday Gospels that accompany our journey.

This initiative is situated within the horizon opened by the Jubilee and seeks to extend its grace, continuing to live our vocation as pilgrims of hope amid the challenges of our time.

Each week, in the light of the Word of God, we contemplate an aspect of the conversion to which we are called, allowing ourselves to be guided by the Spirit. 

For the Fifth Sunday of Easter, the Gospel reflection is accompanied by a meditation from Sr Patricia Lenihan, Superior General of the Congregation of the Religious Sisters of Charity.

Today we begin the 5^th week of the Easter Season and in the Gospel there are several key moments that touch my heart and make me want to stay with this passage to reflect on the deep message it gives to us.

The first moment comes from Jesus who says, ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled.’  Such reassuring words.  Yet, as I look around our broken and fragile world, there are millions of troubled, worried and broken hearts and I am left wondering how can I and my Sisters live and bring Jesus’ message to our sisters and brothers troubled hearts as well as to our own at this time?

The second moment is Thomas’ question ‘how can we know the way?’ which sums up how I feel sometimes when issues emerge for our leadership team and I think ‘How do we deal with this? We’ve never had to deal with something like this before!’

The third moment is Philip’s statement ‘Show us the Father and that will be enough for us’ which elicits a rebuke to Philip but an answer from Jesus that gives us the trust and hope we need to reassure us.