We can either love God because we hope for something from Him, or we can hope in Him knowing that He loves us. Sometimes we begin with the first kind of hope and grow in the second. In that case, hope and charity (love) work together as close partners, and both rest in God. All desires but
one can fail. The only desire that is infallibly fulfilled is the desire to be loved by God. We cannot
desire this efficaciously without at the same time desiring to love Him, and the desire to love Him is
a desire that cannot fail. Only the one who has had to face despair is really convinced that they need mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it. It is better to find God on the threshold of despair than to risk our lives in a complacency that has never felt the need of forgiveness. A life
without problems may literally be more hopeless than one that always verges on despair....the very
essence of hope is freely to expect all the graces necessary for salvation as free gifts of God. Hope
seeks not only God in Himself, not only the means to reach Him, but it seeks, finally and beyond all
else, God's glory revealed in ourselves. This will be the final manifestation of His infinite mercy, and
this is what we pray for when we say "Thy Kingdom Come".
Peace, love and hope...with faith...to all that are 'close by'.
one can fail. The only desire that is infallibly fulfilled is the desire to be loved by God. We cannot
desire this efficaciously without at the same time desiring to love Him, and the desire to love Him is
a desire that cannot fail. Only the one who has had to face despair is really convinced that they need mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it. It is better to find God on the threshold of despair than to risk our lives in a complacency that has never felt the need of forgiveness. A life
without problems may literally be more hopeless than one that always verges on despair....the very
essence of hope is freely to expect all the graces necessary for salvation as free gifts of God. Hope
seeks not only God in Himself, not only the means to reach Him, but it seeks, finally and beyond all
else, God's glory revealed in ourselves. This will be the final manifestation of His infinite mercy, and
this is what we pray for when we say "Thy Kingdom Come".
Peace, love and hope...with faith...to all that are 'close by'.
