PRESENTATION ON THE VIRTUE OF HOPE

I. The virtue of hope is the determined recognition that our final happiness lies in heaven alone, and a trust that, with God's grace and our cooperation, we can arrive there. See Catechism 1817. It keeps our efforts focused on treating this world as a journey, for ourselves and others towards a greater kingdom.

II. Hope gives a certain excitement to life, making one realize that this life is an adventure, a struggle towards the goal of heaven, which we can attain with God's grace, but that we can also reject.

III. The sins against hope are above all despair and presumption. Catechism 1091-92.