The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage

by Joan D. Chittister

Prophets simply refuse to accept a vision of tomorrow that is limited to the boundaries of yesterday and empty of God’s word for today.

none of us has the right to quit until God’s will for the world is accomplished. Anything less is to ignore the judgment of God.

We are meant to be witnesses to a spirituality that is not only faithful to the liturgical dimensions of our traditions but committed, as well, to the kind of prophetic spirituality that cries out again the loud, clear message of God to a skewed and unjust world.

And you? What will you do?

We must not fear the darkness; we must simply resolve to carry light into wherever we are.

For whom are things really good? And why? And how did it get that way? And who is being most advantaged by it? Most of all, what is to be done about those for whom the present state of well-being is slipping closer and closer to the murky bottom of life?

“Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.” A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM

de La Fontaine wrote, “Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”

Be aware: patience and time have lessons for everyone involved in situations like this.

Prophetic spirituality does not set out to pit one side of an issue against those who see the issue from a different perspective.