Guest guest Report post Posted September 4, 1995 "Supernatural hope is the virtue that strips us of all things in order to give us possession of all things. We do not hope for what we have. Therefore to live in hope is to live in poverty, having nothing. . . "Hope is proportionate to detachment. It brings our souls into the state of the most perfect detachment. In doing so, it restores all values by setting them in their right order. Hope empties our hands in order that we may work with them. It shows us that we have something to work for, and teaches us how to work for it. Without hope, our faith gives us only an acquaintance with God. Without love and hope, faith only knows Him as a stranger. For hope casts us into the arms of His mercy and of His providence. If we hope in Him, we will not only come to know that He is merciful but we will experience His mercy in our own lives." - Thomas Merton BGK ----> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
