152 Weekly entry: Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
This week: 6th gift: Fortitude. Empowers us
to move forward on our spiritual journey with
quiet courage, perseverance and faith.
Unthinkable and impossible
Robert E. Sherwood was a speech writer
for President Franklin Roosevelt. He also
won the Pulitzer prize in drama 3 times.
On one occasion--mustering all the drama
at his command--he said we must dedi-
cate ourselves to two objectives:
1) the achievement of world peace and
2) the affirmation of the right of every
 gene carmichael, s.J.
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person to live as the image of God.
He added:
"To those who say that these unlimited
objectives are unthinkable and impossible,
let us reply 'It is the alternative to them
that is unthinkable and impossible."
He concluded by calling upon America
to dedicate itself to the achievement
of these unlimited objectives as boldly
and as confidently as our forefathers,
"who proved that . . . nothing undertaken
by free men and free women is impossible."
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What positives steps might I take to help
implement Sherwood's two objectives?
When you dream alone,
it remains a dream,
but when you dream with others,
it can become a reality.
Kahlil Gibran
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