A Prayer of Hope

There are ChristiansWho have hysterical reactionsAs if the world had slipped out of God's hands.They are violentAs if they were risking everything.

But we believe in history.The world is not a roll of the diceOn its way toward chaos.A new world has begun to happenSince Christ has risen?

Jesus Christ,We rejoice in your definitive triumphWith our bodies still in the breach,Our souls in tension;We cry our first "Hurrah!"Till eternity unfolds itself.

Your sorrow now has passed.Your enemies have failed.You are the definitive smile for humankind.

What matter the wait now for us?We accept the struggle and the death,Because you, our love, will not die!

We march behind you on the road to the future.You are with us. You are our immortality?

Take away the sadness from our faces;We are not in a game of chance?You have the last word!

Beyond the crushing of our bones,Now has begun the eternal "Alleluia!"From the thousands of openingsIn our wounded bodies and souls,There now arises a triumphal song!

So teach us to give voiceTo your new life throughout the world,Because you dry the tears of the oppressed forever?And death will disappear.- Luis Espinal, S.J.