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4 ° Theological: HOPE

Theological Notes of the meeting of 17/12/2010 with Don Cesare Pagazzano

The hope is under the most difficult and mysterious to be treated.

The latter is related to faith and charity and this is the "litmus test" (eg made little acts of faith and charity, ask yourself if you hope).

Hope is what allows the good manners and respect, is the force (and it takes a lot) who refuses to be defeated by their own fears and bad thoughts.

should decide not to fear, and from evil thoughts, what is possible and what is impossible.
Even Jesus before his death, he was afraid, he tells the evangelist Mark in his Gospel.

The hope is similar to agape, is the ability to search a value to a person who is found bad, enemy or you have ideas different from ours (eg Jesus and Zacchaeus). The search value is the value expected.

The hope is given to:

• something at the ready;

• to having confidence;

• the force we stress test and that if not exercised, it can lose,

• the miracle (the object of desire of Hope).

A French poet, Charles Peguy (1873 - 1914) writes in the poem "The porch of the mystery of the second under"

"says God, faith does not surprise me. The charity does not surprise me. But hope, says God, hope, yes, that surprises me because people would not have reason to hope, hope. "

The word" surprise "comes from French and means" take down ".

must learn to surprise not only a good time past or the good intentions that we set, but of what is happening in the weekday / daily.

We also need people to leave us a surprise.

who has no hope, is a desperate person, is tired and exhausted so as to appear humble.

The desperate is:

• a terrible computer;

• one who will clip the wings to surprise any good or bad;

• a conceited person;

• who can not wait;

• who says: "There is nothing more to wait because what had to happen, happened. "

Instead we must be able to wait to believe it! If I do not expect anything, I do not trust anyone.

God is the one who lights up our hope.

Our God is the God of the impossible, makes us understand: the 'start , the' Annunciation ("Mary said," How can this be, since I do not know man? ". And the angel said: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you with his shadow. So who will be born will be holy and will be called the Son of God And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, in his old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren nothing is impossible with God. "(Luke 1: 34-37)) and end the life of Jesus (Abba, Father, all things are possible to you).

Catherine Pezzoni