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Excerpts from:
How to
strengthen our hope in God
By
Father John Hardon, S.J.
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It is
impossible to live in the United States these days and not be affected by
the culture that surrounds us…because so many people are wanting in hope. If
we Christians and Catholics are to protect ourselves from being infected and
indeed are to help others overcome this disease, we must look to our own
virtue of hope.
A strong faith is the basis of a strong hope…Faithless
people…are hopeless people. Deepen your faith and your hope will strengthen
accordingly.
Without grace hope is impossible, and without prayer grace is
not available. Precious hope is different. It is a confidence in God that
has been proved, perhaps through years of trial or misunderstanding, through
temptation and humiliation. It is the tried hope, the hope that has gone
through suffering and produced patience that is not deceptive.
When I suffer for Jesus I become more and more like Jesus,
and nothing makes us more Christ-like…than to have a share in His cross.
Pure hope …costs a high price. The price is the patient acceptance of
suffering that in time, if we give God a chance. People that we love, we
always trust.
[Jesus said]
"Do not let your hearts he troubled. Trust in God, trust in me."
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