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When was the last time that you witnessed a sunrise?

You know that fleeting moment when night meets day?

It is as though creation just breathes a sigh of relief and unwinds from the weight of

night gloom.

That moment when the black night suddenly loses the slightest degree of its shadow to the

hope of approaching luminosity.

But has your future ever felt blank when living life in the middle of the darkness just

before dawn?

While the theme of this meditation from Isaiah chapter 60 is hope, rising hope.

The piece knowing there is a way forward because with God, nothing is impossible.

So wait, pray without ceasing, and believe in His hope.

But for now, begin your meditation by slipping into a time and place where you can become

aware of and reflect upon the hope offered by the Holy Father, the Son, and the Holy

Spirit.

Confident resting now in this divine moment, listen and respond to this reading from Romans

chapter 15.

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