Hope

Written by Kathleen Balling, Music Assistant

Faith, Hope and Love and the greatest of these is Love...
Love is the greatest of these, but in these unprecedented times, I think Hope is what people are looking for and need.

If you didn't watch the 10 am service on Sunday October 11, you missed our youngest singers, the Cathedral Imps! These young singers, ages 4-8, offer a glimpse of hope for the future in their faces and voices. Since March, Imps have met weekly via Zoom.

Speaking from a personal standpoint, seeing their bright faces early Saturday morning made my week. They love to sing, tell me their stories, greet each other and just show the pure joy of the open hearted children they are.

They are resilient, they are funny, they look forward to the next thing, whatever it is!  We all need that childhood simplicity and child-like hope that tomorrow will be better than today. We need to let our adult worries go and give them to God. We need to relearn to be expectant in the hope for tomorrow and trust in God. Take the time to look with in yourself and find that hopeful, expectant child. Look for the joy in simple things: a bird singing, a rainbow, fall colors of the leaves, or ....pure children's voices raised in song.

Hope is the light within us. Keep it burning bright. I witness Hope every time the Imps sing. Here is the link for the Imps Introit "Feed my Lambs."

https://youtu.be/MIIHDae3zFc