Be Strong, Be Courageous

Life is sometimes cruel when we come to wish that the pain would cease its torment, that the night would allow us to rest, and that the new day would begin without the pitfalls of the past. Our bearings disappear in the face of so many causes such as an accident, an illness, the weight of isolation, a sense of failure or feeling useless. The result is the same, making us prisoners, locked in a broken vessel, lying on the ground. So, how can we rise again? How can we think of continuing the journey? Why even think that this might still be possible?

Being Courageous

We all love reading stories of human courage. One can think of bravery on the battlefield or heroic actions in the face of winter harshness or the confronting of injustice. As a child, Idevoured stories of bravery. Often, these stories included the martyrs for our faith. Stories of the Christians of the first centuries like St. Stephen or St. Felicity and St. Perpetua were eventually complemented by stories of Saint Jean de Brébeuf or groups of martyrs in mission countries such as Japan, Korea, or Uganda.