Hope is ‘a gift from God and a task for Christians,’ Pope writes in book introduction
November 08, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Distinguishing hope based on God’s love from mere optimism, Pope Francis has written the introduction to La speranza รจ una luce nella notte [Hope Is a LIght in the Night], a collection of excerpts from his addresses on the virtue of hope.
“Hoping is waiting for something that has already been given to us: salvation in God’s eternal and infinite love,” the Pope writes in his introduction. “That love, that salvation that gives flavor to our lives and that constitutes the hinge on which the world remains standing, despite all the wickedness and nefariousness caused by our sins as men and women.”
“Hope is also a task that Christians have a duty to cultivate and put to good use for the sake of all their brothers and sisters,” the Pope continued. To that end, he recommends a “concrete gesture: in the evening, before going to bed, as you’re thinking over the events you have lived through and the encounters you have had, go in search of a sign of hope in the day just gone by.”
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