« Transformadas pela Esperança » propõe-se como um espaço de escuta e discernimento a partir dos Evangelhos dominicais que acompanham o nosso caminho.

A iniciativa situa-se no horizonte aberto pelo Jubileu e deseja prolongar a sua graça, continuando a viver a nossa vocação como peregrinas de esperança diante dos desafios do tempo presente.

Cada semana, à luz da Palavra de Deus, contemplamos um aspecto da conversão a que somos chamadas, deixando-nos guiar pelo Espírito.

Para o Quinto Domingo da Páscoa, o comentário ao Evangelho é acompanhado pela reflexão da Ir. Patricia Lenihan, Superiora Geral da Congregação das Irmãs Religiosas da Caridade.

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.