I am discovering that \u201chope\u201d is a great virtue.
Why are we not fully happy at times? Why do sufferings, tears and sorrows blind us?
It\u2019s because we are lacking the \u201chope\u201d that, thinking about it…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n…and glancing over the Gospel, seems to be its style \u2013 as Paul VI would say \u2013 in trustful (hopeful) anticipation of the divine promises of which the Gospel is the treasurer.
In order to renew our Christian life, to give it that limpid smile of the children of the Gospel, we now need this virtue, lived with perseverance.
The God of hope!
Yes, it\u2019s like this, may the true and one God \u201cfill you with all joy and peace\u201d (Rm 15:13): the two things that are missing in the world, the gift that the focolarino must bring to it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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