Hope in what, no; Hope in Whom, yes, Jesus Christ.
Hope in the Lord and you will never Hope in vain.
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church offers several insights into our belief in Hope, here are three:
1. Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ's promises and relying not on our own strength, but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit…. [#1817]
2. The virtue of hope responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the heart of every man; it takes up the hopes that inspire our activities and purifies them so as to order them to the Kingdom of heaven…. [#1818]
3. Christian hope unfolds from the beginning of Jesus' preaching in the proclamation of the beatitudes…. the beatitudes raise our hope toward heaven…. Hope is expressed and nourished in prayer, especially in the Our Father, the summary of everything that hope leads us to desire. [#1820]
Today pray an Our Father based on Hope and Trust, in the Father, Son & Holy Spirit, God awaits your prayer and your love.
May God Be Praised.
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