This certitude is a gift of God, because we can never have hope by our own efforts. We must ask for it. Hope is a freely given gift that we never deserve: it is given; it is offered. It is grace. And then, the Lord confirms this, this hope that does not disappoint. “All that the Father gives me will come to me” (Jn 6:37). This is the aim of hope: to go to Jesus. And “him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me” (Jn 6:37-38). The Lord who welcomes us there, where the anchor lies. Life in hope is to live like this: grasping, with the rope in hand, strong, knowing that the anchor is below. And this anchor does not disappoint; it does not disappoint. Today, in the thoughts of many brothers and sisters who have passed on, it will do us good to look at the cemeteries and to look heavenward. And to repeat, like Job: ‘I know that my Redeemer lives, and I myself will see him. My eyes shall behold him, and not another’. And this is the strength that hope gives us, this freely given gift that is the virtue of hope. May the Lord give it to all of us. Picture of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV from Welcome, Pope Leo XIV from marian.org: https://marian.org/articles/welcome-pope-leo-xiv Quote from His Holiness Pope Leo XIV ‘s General Audience on October 15, 2025 https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/audiences/2025/documents/20251015-udienza-generale.html Crest of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV: https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html Homily given by Pope Francis for Holy Mass in Commemoration fo the Fallen on on November 2, 2020 https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20201102_omelia-defunti.html Picture of Pope Francis from Pope Francis, rest in peace :https://marian.org/articles/pope-francis-rest-peace 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. "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful" (Heb 10:23). Quote and picture from Are You Full of Hope? https://www.thedivinemercy.org/articles/are-you-full-hope Hope
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