Hope is a theological virtue that enables Christians to long for God's kingdom and the Second Coming of Christ. It involves desiring heaven and eternal life through trusting in Christ's promises and relying on the Holy Spirit rather than our own strength. The virtue of hope sustains Christians during hard times and keeps them from discouragement, leading them to find happiness through charity.
Hope is a theological virtue that enables Christians to long for God's kingdom and the Second Coming of Christ. It involves desiring heaven and eternal life through trusting in Christ's promises and relying on the Holy Spirit rather than our own strength. The virtue of hope sustains Christians during hard times and keeps them from discouragement, leading them to find happiness through charity.
Hope is a theological virtue that enables Christians to long for God's kingdom and the Second Coming of Christ. It involves desiring heaven and eternal life through trusting in Christ's promises and relying on the Holy Spirit rather than our own strength. The virtue of hope sustains Christians during hard times and keeps them from discouragement, leading them to find happiness through charity.
Kingdom and await for the Second Coming. Hope is a 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. 1. Responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the heart of every man 2. Takes up the hope that inspire men’s activities and purifies them so as to order them to the Kingdom of heaven 3. Keeps man from discouragement 4. Sustains him during times of abandonment 5. Opens up his heart in expectation of eternal beatitude (the Origin of Christian Hope) 6. Preserves him from selfishness and leads him to the happiness that flows from charity During hardships, the Christian maintains hope. This hope is especially found in the Our Father, the most beautiful prayer which Jesus has taught. In the Our Father, the Christian anchors his hope on God. - “My deliverance and honor are with God, my strong rock; my refuge is with my God.” (Ps. 62: 8) - “Better to take refuge in the Lord than to put one’s trust in princes.” (Ps. 118: 9) - The Christian should not put his trust in men (Job 4: 18), only hoping in God. Then, the Christian realizes that “the Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one that seeks him” (Lam. 3: 25) Christian hope is God- oriented. It excludes the Christian’s own ability or the help of others. It is a hope that places God first because “cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who makes flesh strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord” (Jer. 7: 5) - CH takes up and fulfils the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and models in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice. “Hoping against hope, he believed, and thus became the father of many nations.” - CH unfolds from the beginning of Jesus’ preaching in the proclamation of the Beatitudes. •Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. •Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. •Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. •Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. •Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. •Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. •Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. •Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are the poor in Spirit” is the first Beatitude and commonly the most misunderstood. Some Christians assume if they are well off, they can never be poor in spirit. However, this Beatitude has nothing to do with material things, your work ethic, or how you handle money. Being poor in spirit means placing God and others above yourself. This includes praying for others before yourself and making God a part of everyday life through devotions, uplifting entertainment, attending church, and giving back to the community. The virtue of hope is a blessing of the Lord that is granted to the Christian, God having willed this before the creation of the world. 1. Faith 2. Hope 3. Hope in God 4. Hope in Jesus Christ 5. Hope for eternal life 6. Hope in salvation Christian Maturity includes the confidence that God is good and continues to share His goodness to any situation. 1. Faith 2. Hope 3. Love From faith and the knowledge of truth, Searches in faith Hope for the greater the Christian can then toward the better things in life have the hope, things in life directing his intention toward the right goal The human virtues are rooted in the theological virtues, which adapt man’s faculties for participation in the divine nature: for the theological virtues relate directly to God. The TV are the foundation od Christian moral activity; they animate it and give it its special character. By faith, we believe in God and believe all that he has revealed to us and that Holy Church proposes for our belief. By hope we desire, and with steadfast trust await from our eternal life and the graces to merit it. By charity, we love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. Charity, the form of all the virtues, ‘binds everything together in perfect harmony.’ (Col. 3: 14) When there is hope, the virtues of faith and love may be assured. Hope withstands everything and with that, it is something that may strengthen and lead someone to love. Gratitude includes recognition of the gift of God’s presence providing strength and reason to overcome difficulties in life. The virtue of hope, though it is very subjective, is also coming from the grace of God. For we know that everything comes from the free giving of God’s grace most especially such kind of virtues. - A participation in the life of God - First and foremost the gift of the Spirit who justifies and sanctifies us. 1. Sacramental graces- gifts proper to the different sacraments. 2. Special graces- also called charisms after the Greek term used by St. Paul and meaning “favor”, gratuitous gift, benefit.
The post-ascension mediatorial ministry of Christ - A study of the redemptive implications of the assertion that Christ’s mediation will climax in the cosmic judgment, Masters dissertation Craig Baxter