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Dec 13, 2025 7 min

When Hope is Planted

from A Franciscan Heart In the World Hosted by MJohnson, OFM Franciscan Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Today’s Advent reflection turns to Isaiah’s promise that “the desert and the parched land will exult.” We meet Evelyn, a widow standing at the window of her winter garden — a place that looks finished, bare, and cold. But with one small act of kindness, she discovers what Isaiah has always taught: God begins new life long before we cansee it. This episode is for anyone carrying quietgrief, for anyone who feels they’re in a season of waiting, or for anyone who wonders if hope is still possible. It’s a reminder that God works beneath the frost… that love is still stirring…and that what looks barren is never the end of the story.

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