From several sources:
Man's way leads to a hopeless end, God's way leads to an
endless hope.
Where there is life, there is hope.
GOD is the only
ultimate hope we have.
I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I wish
to be. I am not what I
hope to be. It is only
by the Grace of God that I am not what I was!
The holy
father is a person of hope.
The prophets are the ones who bring out
Christianity's dimension of hope.
They are the
channels of access to what must still come to pass and,
therefore, allowing us to go beyond time to
attain what is essential and
definitive. Pope
Benedict XVI
There are other deaths besides bodily death. There is the
death of the
spirit, the death of hope, and the
death of dreams.
The first commandment embraces the theological virtues
of faith, hope,
and charity.
Faith is
the root, hope is the stem, and love is the flower on a
single
plant. Peter Kreeft
An elder
Cherokee native American was teaching his grandchildren about
life. He said to them, "A fight is going on
inside me...it is a terrible
fight and it is
between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger,
envy,
sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment,
inferiority,
lies, false pride, superiority and ego.
The
other wolf stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity,
humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship,
empathy, generosity, truth,
compassion and
faith.
This same fight is going on inside
you, and inside every other person
too." They
thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his
grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old
Cherokee simply replied...
"The one you
feed."
Three things in life that you should never
lose-
1.
Hope
2.
Peace
3. Honesty
For those who have lost hope and are in despair, here are some words of comfort
from Holy Scripture:
Isaiah 41:10, "Fear not, I am with you; be not
dismayed; I am your God. I will strengthen you, and help you, and uphold you
with my right hand of justice."
Psalm 9:9-10, "The LORD is a stronghold
for the oppressed a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who honor your
name trust in You; You never forsake those who seek You LORD."
Psalm
42:11, " Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within
me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my
countenance, and my God."
Psalm 46:1, "God is our refuge and our
strength, an ever-present help in distress."
Psalm 23:4, "Even when I
walk through a dark valley, I fear no harm for you are at my side; your rod and
staff give me courage."
Psalm 28:7, "The LORD is my strength and my
shield, my heart trusts in Him and I am helped."
Psalm 31:7-8, "I will
rejoice and be glad in your love, once you have seen my misery, observed my
distress. You will not abandon me into enemy hands, but will set my feet in a
free and open space."
Psalm 121:3, "God will not allow your foot to
slip, your guardian doesn't sleep."
Psalm 121:8, "The LORD will guard
your coming and going both now and forever."
2Corinthians 4:17-18, "For
this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory
beyond all comparison, as we look not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for
what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal."
Romans 12:12,
"Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer."
1Peter 4:
12-13, "Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among
you, as if something strange were happening to you. But rejoice to the extent
that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when His glory is revealed
you may also rejoice exultantly."
Isaiah 43:2, "When you pass through
the water, I will be with you; in the rivers you shall not drown. When you walk
through fire, you shall not be burned; the flames shall not consume you."
John 14:1, "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God: believe
also in me."
Deuteronomy 31:6, "Be strong and of a good courage, fear
not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with
thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee."
2Corinthians 4:8-10, "We
are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always
bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of
Jesus might be made manifest in our body."
"I hope you have a nice trip 'til the sidewalk ends and
Heaven begins'."
A quote from Father Dermot Dwyer.