Season of Hope: Seasons of Grace, #1

By Patricia M. Robertson

“In a world full of hopelessness and despair, in a world full of false hope based on passing things and false gods, true hope is hard to find.”

The liturgical season of Advent provides rich opportunities to reflect on God’s message of hope, however these meditations can be used any time of the year, whenever you are in need of inspiration. Meant to be read individually on a daily basis, or all at once, these meditations will help foster a lasting sense of hope. By coming to an understanding about God’s love for you, and God’s ever-present concern over every aspect of your life, you will find reasons to hope in times of despair as well as in times of abundance.

Patricia M. Robertson shows us how nearly all of our difficulties have answers rooted in God’s Word.

Wherever you are in your life, whatever hardships and struggles you are facing, these simple meditations and accompanying Scripture passages will help you find reason to hope each day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Patricia M. Robertson
• Release date: Jan 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386237563

Patricia M. Robertson

Patricia M. Robertson is the author of fiction and non-fiction books as well as numerous articles all related to spirituality of the everyday. In her thirty-five years of ministry she has walked alongside many families amidst the crises that are part of life, helping them to regain their balance. She currently resides in Jackson, Michigan where she continues to unlock the extraordinary out of the ordinary..

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Season of Hope – Introduction

In a world of hopelessness and despair, in a world filled with false hope based on fleeting promises and false gods, true hope often eludes us. Hope is more than an abstract concept concerned with some distant future. Genuine hope must be connected to everyday reality yet grounded in the confident assurance that these things for which we long will come to pass.

How welcome, then, is Advent, with its focus on humanity’s yearning for justice, renewal, healing, liberation, comfort. For centuries the people of God continued to hope despite their suffering from persecution, destruction, and exile; their hopes were fulfilled. The Old Testament readings of the Advent liturgies, revealing God’s wondrous works and steadfast love, give us ample assurance that God loves us as God loved the Israelites. And so we hope; we hold onto the message of Advent; we search for wisdom and courage; we ask for God’s help in our struggles; we rejoice and give thanks when our hopes are realized.

At no time are Catholic Christians more counter-cultural than during this season of Advent. When the rest of the society is already decorated for Christmas, our churches remain bare. Purple colors decorate our altars and the sole ornamentation is the Advent wreath with its message of hope, peace, joy and love: a sign of light in