A Message of Hope | Do Not Despair (1hr)

"Since we are justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing in the glory of God...Hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us" (Romans 5:1-2.5).

Hope is born of love and based on the love springing from the pierced heart of Jesus upon the cross; "For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life"(Rom 5:19).

That life becomes manifest in our own faith, which begins with Baptism, develops in openness to God's grace and is enlivened by a hope constantly renewed and confirmed by the working of the Holy Spirit.

Christian hope does not deceive or disappoint because it is grounded in the certainty that nothing and no one may seperate us from God's love .

"Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or the sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” ( Rom 8:35.37-39).

Here we see the reason why this hope perseveres in the midst of trials: founded on faith and nurtured by charity, it enables us to press forward in life. As Saint Augustine observes: “Whatever our state of life, we cannot live without these three dispositions of the soul, namely, to believe, to hope and to love”.

So guys let us all continue living in hope. Do not despair because we have eternal hope.

-Pope Francis(Servant of the servants of God)

Scripture:
Psalm 42
Psalm 62
Psalm 130
Isaiah 40
Jeremiah 29
Lamentations 3
Matthew 6
John 14
Romans 5
Romans 8
1 Corinthians 15
2 Corinthians 4
Galatians 6
Revelation 21

Narrator - David Suchet
Bible Version - NIV
Music:    • finally some peace for 1 hour