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 firm the confession of our hope without wavering , for he who promised is faithful." " The Holy Spirit...he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour , so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life." ( Titus 3:6-7).
The virtue of Hope responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the heart of every man; it takes up the hopes that inspires men's activities and purifies them so as to order them to the Kingdom of heaven; it keeps man from discouragement; it sustains him during times of abondonment; it opens up his heart in expectation of eternal beatitude. Boyed up by Hope, he is preserved from selfishness and led to the happiness that flows from charity.
Christian Hope takes up and fulfils the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, who was purified by the test of the sacrifice. ( Gen 17:4-8; 22:1-18).
Hope is also a weapon that protects us in the struggle of salvation: "Let us...put on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. It affords us joy even under trial: "Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation." (Rom 12:12)
[ Cf. CCC 1817-1820]
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