There Is Always Hope!
In his book, Put Down Your Sword, Fr. John Dear talks about his friend , Pete Seeger, "For years, one of my friends, the legendary folksinger Pete Seeger, has questioned friends and audiences who feel hopeless. “In the early 1970s,” he asks, “did you ever expect to see President Nixon resign because of Watergate?” “No,” people answer. “Did you ever expect to see the Pentagon leave Vietnam the way it did?” “No, we didn’t,” everyone answers. “In the 1980s, did you expect to see the Berlin Wall come down so peacefully?” Pete asks. “No, never,” they respond. “In the 1990s, did you expect to see Nelson Mandela released from prison, apartheid abolished, and Mandela become president of South Africa?” “Never in a million years.” “Did you ever expect the two warring sides of Northern Ireland to sign a peace agreement on Good Friday?” “Never.” “If you can’t predict those things,” Pete conclu...