Theology of Risk: Rainbow of Hope

There is a reality that goes beyond us: the tomorrow that we must build, a tomorrow that logically involves risks, but for us it is not so important to finish the work as to work for the Lord.

We must build the future, as much as is possible one understands, as instruments, as useless servants, keeping always this will of building together with a sense of optimism. It serves nothing to depress ourselves. Let us try to have a supernatural outlook: where we finish, God begins. We have trust in Him. Let us not forget that in our equations we cannot take everything into account, because there is an unknown, and this unknown is the infinite omnipotence of God. We must know how to look toward the future, not only our personal one but also that of the Institute, rooting ourselves in the Lord. We must have a healthy sense of optimism that will give us the courage to face the difficulties. We are here to pray the Holy Spirit to infuse this courage into us, not, obviously to be imprudent, but to know how to look to the future with generosity and to know how to risk.

We must know how to accept so much that is imperfect, negative, finite, limited that there is in the work of the last five years. We are not here to judge or to judge ourselves, but to love each other, to look ourselves in the eye, to understand in what way, counting above all on the love of God the Father, of Jesus Christ, of Our Lady, we can together face this new moment, this new development of the Institute.

Here we have the theology of risk become a rainbow of hope, full of light. I am certain that this will be our Chapter. (Bishop Giaquinta, Theology of Risk)