Mary Ward's founding vision was to respond to God's call for active engagement in the Church and the world. She was a woman of prayer, perseverance, courage and hope.
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Saturday - Mary Ward Week
Our greatest example of someone with a vibrant sense of 'hope at the heart of the Church', is probably our own Mary Ward. She suffered much at the hands of the Church leaders of her time; she was imprisoned in 1631, and ultimately would have been seen as a 'failure' to many at the time of her death. And yet, she came to be recognised favourably by a later Pontiff, John Paul II, and was named by him as "A Prophet of Hope".
Can we not surely say in this year of 2012, that Mary Ward's words..... Women in time to come will do much... have certainly come to pass?
What is God saying to me through today's reflection? How can I foster/nurture hope in my own life? As a woman, inspired by Mary Ward's dream and vision for the Church, what are the hopes that I have for today's Church?
Friday - Mary Ward Week
Mary Ward was very familiar with the concept of 'Journey'. Unfortunately for her, not by the same means of comfort and convenience that we know today. She was moving around from a very young age, and at 21, we know that she left her loving family and homeland to follow Christ more closely.
Some 400 years later ...... that journey still continues by Mary Ward women right across the globe. Like our founder, may we be led by that same spirit of God on our travels, exercising vigilance and wisdom always.
May we not become so bogged-down in our 'doings' that we forget to.... Work with great tranquility and joy, for what is not done in one year can be done in another.
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