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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI Reflection April 17, 2008


Faith is Hope

3. Hope”, in fact, is a key word in Biblical faith—so much so that in several passages the words “faith” and “hope” seem interchangeable. Thus the Letter to the Hebrews closely links the “fullness of faith” (10:22) to “the confession of our hope without wavering (10:23). Likewise, when the First Letter of Peter exhorts Christians to be always ready to give an answer concerning the logos—the meaning and the reason—of their hope (cf. 3:15), “hope” is equivalent to “faith” (Spe Salvi #3).

REFLECTION:
What the Pope and the First Letter of Peter mean is: Be always be ready to give reason for your faith...no sitting on your laurels, be attentive at all times to the gift given and give the gift! How? ...

Listen, keep silent, we will find the reason! We are in Christ through baptism, renewed in him through the sacraments, and grow to full stature being nourished by him. We are so filled with Christ we should be sloshing! We have REASON for our hope because Christ is risen and dwells in us; he is one with us and we with Him.


Give reason for your hope? Give Christ! Amen.


Teresa Monaghen, National Pro Sanctity Director
Photo: Getty - from Whispers

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