Testing Produces Perseverance
Father, May begins with celebrations old and new - ancient spring festivals and modern labor movements, natural cycles and human struggles. Thank you that you created seasons, that winter gives way to spring, that what looks dead comes back to life. Your faithfulness shows in creation's rh
May 1st carries a double identity in modern culture. In much of the world, it's International Workers' Day, commemorating the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago when labor activists demanded an eight-hour workday. What began as a Chicago strike became a global movement, with May Day now mark
This is the day I have made; rejoice and be glad in it. April carried you through resurrection - now May carries you toward Pentecost. New month, same faithful God. I'm making today for you. Let's see what unfolds together.
Father, April is ending - month of resurrection, month of remembering the most important week in history, month of learning what resurrection means for daily life. I started April in Holy Week's intensity and I'm ending in ordinary time's routine. Both matter. Both teach me about resurrect