Lent 2026: Stubborn Hope

Let us pray for the courage to heed God’s call to walk in the footsteps of Jerusalem Jesus who, through us, miraculously transforms social sins into justice and grace. Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

May God turn our exhaustion into sacred frustration that sustains our work to move beyond unjust laws toward a church and world where all can flourish.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

Forgiveness has the power to make what is broken whole again. . . This Lent, if there is someone you need to forgive, harden not your heart.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

Our frustrations can be the motivation we need to make the small change, have the hard conversation, or show God’s love to our neighbors. Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

You’re on holy ground. Act like it. This Lent may we lean in to listen to the cries of this holy ground and be courageous enough to act.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

Crafting a society rooted in equity will require patient and faithful work from many generations. But while the obstacles may be daunting, we can be sure, hoping against hope like Abraham, that our seeds will one day bear fruit.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

We’ve gotten good at holding opposite truths in our tired hands during the pandemic. The “and” of it all is both holy and frustrating.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

When the door has been blown wide open, and we have no other option than to look at our siblings’ suffering, what do we do?Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

This Lent, how are you called to drink from Jesus' cup of holy frustration, to follow Jesus towards new life and a more just world?Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

May we not be sparing in our hospitality and mercy to those who are fleeing conflict and violence, no matter where they are coming from geographically, as we are not to be the judges.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

In our shared work for justice, power and reputation can be dangerous realities if not tempered with humility.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

We are responsible to and for one another because we are connected by something greater—by a Holy Frustration that can only become life-giving when enlivened within a community of faith.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

How can you transfigure your tangriness—tiredness and angriness—to connect with your God-given purpose and courage this Lent?Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

This Lenten season, how do you find yourself challenged by the call to live with mercy, forgiveness, compassion, and love, just as Jesus did?Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

We can be so quick to cast judgment on others: who is worthy, who is unworthy.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

How might you hear the invitation to step into the breach—to bring your community’s needs to God and be assured that, if you discover that you are the answer to that need, God, who “gives good gifts,” will be with you?Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

Today’s readings are about second chances. We are not beyond redemption; all hope is not lost—even in the face of the grave and existential threat posed by climate change.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

We are called to build the reign of God here and now, on earth as it is in heaven—standing against anti-blackness and white body supremacy.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

On the first Monday of Lent, Annie Selak, Ph.D. reminds us that people are images of God, imago dei—and asks us to consider how recognize the dignity of others in our common work of justice.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

On the second Sunday of Lent, with Fr. James Martin, S.J., consider: in your life, what moves you away from God—and away from the call to work for a more just world?Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

On the fourth day of Lent, Yasi Mahallaty asks: In what ways can you learn to search for God's light in all of the messiness of life, so as to keep your heart open and committed to the work of justice?Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

In this season of fasting, what can we do differently to be in companionship with others, finding joy in the ordinary moments of our days? Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

Lauren Morton speaks of collective exhaustion— and that to fully do God's work, we must all be standing upright. How are you being called to make space for yourself or others to rest? Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

As we embark on our Lenten journey, Sr. Norma Pimentel reminds us that we must be attentive to the grace of offering ourselves in humility, to the grace of encounter—to harden not our hearts.Sign up for the accompanying daily emails here: igsol.net/lent-2022

This Lent, walk daily with writers from across the Ignatian network as we strive to turn our frustration into holy frustration, keeping our hearts open as we seek justice in our world. Featured authors include Fr. Greg Boyle, Fr. James Martin, and Sr. Norma Pimentel.Subscribe to “Harden Not Your Hearts: A Lenten Journey in Holy Frustration” today for free at igsol.net/lent.