{"id":6980,"date":"2020-05-27T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=6980"},"modified":"2020-05-28T05:54:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T10:54:59","slug":"got-hope-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/got-hope-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GOT HOPE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Got<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What does it mean TO HAVE HOPE?\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The common everyday meaning of hope has to do\nwith a DESIRE <\/strong>for some particular thing to happen\nfor me or for others. For example: \u201cI hope it snows\nall night so there\u2019s no school!!\u201d Or \u201cI hope the Bills\nmake the playoffs next year.\u201d Or \u201cI hope he calls\nme for dinner.\u201d Or \u201cI hope this medicine works.\u201d\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s sort of related to \u201cwishing\u201d. \u201cI wish I could putt\n(sing, dance, pray. . .) better.\u201d In other words it is\nmy desire for improvement at something. Now to\nthe degree that a certain result lies in my power to\nachieve, then, it would seem, if I applied myself, \u201cI\nwould have every hope of succeeding\u201d.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But more often we use hope to express our best wishes for ourselves and loved ones, hopes that are by no means certain. I hope you: win the lottery, do well on your SAT\u2019s, get the promotion, meet up with her at the party, find those car keys. And to that, hope a friend would respond, GOOD LUCK. <\/strong>Good luck because \u201cchances are\u201d it might not happen. The New York Lottery is fond of playing on this \u201chope\u201d of a win. \u201cPlay the Lotto because. . . Hey, you never know\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not what Christians mean by hope. Hear the words of the Universal Catechism: \u201cHope is the virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ\u2019s promises – – – not on our strength.\u201d (1817<\/a>). Scripture says, \u201chold fast the confession of hope, for he who promised is faithful.\u201d (Heb 10:23<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact Christian hope has nothing to do with wishing or chance. Through the merits of Christ\u2019s Passion \u201cthis hope (of Eternal Life) does not disappoint.\u201d (Rms 5:5<\/a>). Hope is the \u201csure and steadfast anchor of the soul that enters where Jesus has already gone as a forerunner on our behalf.\u201d (Heb 6:19-20<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words Christian hope IS A SURE\nTHING<\/strong>. It\u2019s for sure because it is based on a\npromise by God- – – God who can neither deceive\nnor be deceived. When Jesus (the Word made flesh)\nsays: \u201cI am the resurrection and the life.\u201d \u201cWhoever\nputs their faith in me will never suffer eternal\ndeath\u201d, \u201cI am going to prepare a place for you and\nthen I will come back and take you with me.\u201d HE\n<\/strong>MEANS IT. IT\u2019S A SURE THING<\/strong>. He\u2019s not kid-\nding around. He\u2019s the way, the TRUTH<\/strong>, and the\nlife.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So hope is based on the Word of God (the promises made through Jesus Christ). It is of course preceded by faith. FAITH <\/strong>gives us the power to believe in the promises. HOPE <\/strong>now desires those promises as real and attainable. And these two give rise to CHARITY <\/strong>which, given the certainty of the promises, frees us from ourselves and our selfishness. We are then able to love God above all things and our neighbor as we love ourselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is this peaceful, confident (based on God, not us) hope of a blessedness which we at Holy Trinity Parish desire to extend to all who are in need. How will we do that? By being people of hope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come join us in our mission!
Fr. Tim <\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What does it mean TO HAVE HOPE? The common everyday meaning of hope has to do with a DESIRE for some particular thing to happen for me or for others. For example: \u201cI hope it snows all night so there\u2019s no school!!\u201d Or \u201cI hope the Bills make the playoffs next year.\u201d Or \u201cI hope […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-column"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6989,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980\/revisions\/6989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}