I am overwhelmed at the responses I have received answering, “Hope is…”.  As we enter into this new year, I have a few more thoughts on hope I would like to share this week.  

Hope is experiencing the transforming power of God:

•  In an unforseen moment
• With the unexpected ability to do something you never thought you could
• Through being loved by others and loving others so much that it wells up deeply within you and you experience profound gratitude for life.  
• Through receiving whatever grace you need in the moment you need it– to say the right words, to listen with an open heart, to have the courage to do the impossible.  

Hope is in our world, and we can choose to believe in it or not. 

Becky Eldredge

Becky is an Ignatian-trained spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and writer. She is the author of the Busy Lives and Restless Souls (March 2017, Loyola Press) and The Inner Chapel (April 2020, Loyola Press). She helps others create space to connect faith and everyday life through facilitating retreats and days of reflection, through writing, and through spiritual direction. With nearly twenty years of ministry experience within the Catholic Church, Becky seeks to help others discover God at work in the every day moments of people’s lives by utilizing St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises and the many gifts that our Catholic faith and Ignatian Spirituality provide.