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Pentecost, 2010

Redemptorist theologian Anthony Kelly says “that this is not a time for faith to lose its nerve”.

Yet today, giving up on faith is a very tempting option for many believers.  And why not?  The world is in an all too apparent mess with its injustice, violence and greed. What difference can faith make there?  The Church is riddled with scandals as it hangs onto medieval structures well past their use-by date.  What difference can faith make there?

Plenty, says Fr. Kelly, and he points to hope as the way in.  He attests that “Hope can see this moment of history as a time of special promise”. He goes on to say that this is not a time “to forget the inexhaustible creativity of God’s Spirit”.

This Pentecost the Redemptorists join you in relishing the gift of hope.  As it participates in the Creator and in his creation, humanity is in every age graced with hope. With you we give thanks for that hope, for it springs eternal in human hearts and in human relationships.

And to flavour our hope Fr. Kelly encourages us “to laugh at ourselves a bit – to take things seriously, but not too seriously.”

Fr. Kelly’s reflection, “The Holy Spirit in today’s world?” is our web site feature for Pentecost, 2010, and you may read it HERE.