Sacred pause for thought – ‘Do not look away – hear the cries of the world’

Sacred pause for thought – ‘Do not look away – hear the cries of the world’ St Teresa of Kolkata gives comfort to a sick man at the Missionaries of Charity home in Kolkata, India, in this undated photo. OSV News /KNA.

St Paul reminds us: “We are sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet enriching many; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.” (2 Corinthians 6:10). The Christian life is paradoxical. We can name sorrow honestly, yet still hold fast to hope. We rejoice not because all is well, for it is not, but because Christ is present,…

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