{"id":3535,"date":"2021-05-05T04:24:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T04:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/?p=3535"},"modified":"2021-05-12T04:41:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T04:41:05","slug":"dare-to-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/dare-to-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Dare to Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Luke Hansen<\/p>

In the comedy series \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d an American football coach is inexplicably entrusted with leading an English Premier League soccer team. When the team begins to experience some success, Coach Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) quickly learns a saying common among fans of AFC Richmond: \u201cIt\u2019s the hope that kills you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Any sports fan will understand this sentiment.<\/span><\/p>

In conversations about the leadership of women in the Catholic Church, a more significant matter, I can find myself oscillating between doubt and hope. Might we hope that this conversation is actually going somewhere, that it is bearing fruit, that our Church could finally re-open the door to women as deacons?<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week, Discerning Deacons celebrated \u201cLaunch Week.\u201d Our hearts are filled with gratitude for everyone who participated and made it possible. More than 5<\/strong>0 people<\/strong> participated in Zoom calls on Monday and Friday. This group alone sent more than 5,800 emails<\/strong> to share the good news about the Church\u2019s discernment of women deacons. Our new website<\/a> received over 1,800 unique visitors<\/strong> de la 10 different countries<\/strong>. More than 100 people<\/strong> have signed up for Welcome Calls<\/a>. Last Thursday, the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, about 325 people<\/strong> participated in the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry webinar that featured the Discerning Deacons team. These are signs of hope that Catholics are excited to participate in this conversation and to see it bear fruit.<\/p>\n

St. Catherine of Siena writes, \u201cBe who God meant you to be, and you will set the world on fire.\u201d It\u2019s a powerful invitation and challenge for all of us together, as a Church.<\/p>\n

We know the many ways our Church already embodies God\u2019s dream of love, mercy and healing. It\u2019s often through the extraordinary and unrecognized work of women in every part of the world. And in some painful ways, our Church can obscure and hinder God\u2019s dream — when we remain behind locked doors, afraid to recognize the gifts and call of women. That makes me sad, frustrated and even angry.<\/p>\n

Might we dare to hope that our Church will continue to live more fully into its vocation — to fly with both wings, to breathe with both lungs, to receive and empower the gifts of every person? We know the world needs it.<\/p>\n

The ministry of deacons — of both men and women — is one important pathway for God\u2019s renewal of the church and healing of the world. It\u2019s not everything. But I believe it\u2019s an important part of God\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n

To hope in the Holy Spirit can feel dangerous. Yet this hope is a gift from God, and I\u2019m willing to take the risk.<\/p>\n

Luke Hansen<\/strong> is a co-director of Discerning Deacons.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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