Discover the strategies to protect your hope and joy, even when everything around you feels uncertain and overwhelming.

[CCC 2090] The two sins against hope are despair and presumption (CCC 2091). The sin of despair is losing hope in our salvation by failing to trust God. The sin of presumption is losing hope by ...

This great hope can only be God, who encompasses the whole of reality and who can bestow upon us what we, by ourselves, cannot attain,” he underscored. Despair is directly opposed to hope.

Those little redheaded boys became a symbol of both hope and despair. Even though they weren’t released in the months immediately after the attacks we never gave up hope that they would return home ...

Our own works can never produce a hope that will endure, though. We can try to love others as fiercely and tenderly as Jesus does, but without him, death and despair still knock at the door.

Victoria Orenze and Nathaniel Bassey’s 'Far Beyond' is a powerful gospel anthem of hope, strength, and gratitude.

Hope helps us navigate the free fall, focusing on how we might impact our landing, even while managing despair. Hope Helps Us Persevere In the tale of “Pandora’s box,” when all the evils had ...