As we wait, we find peace in God’s plans and hope in His pauses. 64:4) and that He does immeasurably more than we can think or imagine ( Eph. “We learn to trust that God acts on behalf of those who are willing to wait and see ( Isa. “The wait is more about experiencing God than enduring the delay.” ( source) “can we dare say to Him, ‘Show me what You have planned. Without realizing it, we exchange the Person of our faith for the object of our wait.” ( source) “When we value the things we wait on more than we value the commands of the Lord-not to worry, to accept His peace, to live by faith-we lose sight of what’s really important: our relationship with God. Waiting well means I remain open to God and allow Him to move me toward the future He has planned, in His time.” ( source) “Waiting well looks forward to the future while staying present in the present.

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“I asked His Holiness to help us return home Ukrainians, Ukrainian children who are detained, arrested, and criminally deported to Russia,″ Shmyhal told the Foreign Press Association after the audience. Last week Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with Francis at the Vatican and asked him to help return Ukrainian children taken following the Russian invasion. Russia has denied any wrongdoing, contending the children were moved for their safety. The International Criminal Court in March issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s children’s commissioner, accusing them of war crimes for abducting children from Ukraine. Gestures of cruelty don’t help,” Francis said.

Francis said the Holy See had already helped mediate some prisoner exchanges and would do “all that is humanly possible” to reunite families.

“There’s a mission that’s not public that’s underway when it’s public I’ll talk about it.”įrancis gave no details when asked whether he spoke about peace initiatives during his talks in Budapest this weekend with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban or the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary.ĭeportations of Ukrainian children have been a concern since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. “I’m available to do anything,” Francis said during an airborne press conference en route home from Hungary. ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Francis on Sunday revealed that a secret peace “mission” in Russia’s war in Ukraine was under way, though he gave no details, and said the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war.

Wait and See by Wendy Pope