“My faith doesn’t give me an optimism that things are
going to turn out OK. I don’t think that’s something that comes naturally to
me—to believe that everything’s going to just get back on track. Instead I
think my faith gives me a necessary resilience. If something isn’t working, if
the kind of cooperation that’s needed across borders is not happening or the
policies by different actors are getting less humane, having this lodestar of
Jesus’ teachings and life gives me an incentive to keep getting back up. Not
because I think inevitably things are going to work out because God wants them
to work out. But because I see that in order for anything to improve, it’s
going to require individuals to dust themselves off and keep at it.”—Pulitzer
Prize-winning human rights advocate, former U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations—and lifelong Catholic— Samantha Power quoted in “
How Faith Fuels Samantha Power’s Tireless Activism,”
U.S. Catholic, January 2021Thanks to my friend Rachel for bringing this article
to my attention.
(The attached image of Ms. Power was the official
White House photo taken when she was a member of the Obama Administration.)
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