The Meaning and Object of Hope

1. Hope is a theological virtue that
enables us to long for God’s
Kingdom and await for the Second
Coming.

2. Hope is a theological virtue by which we
desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal
life as our happiness, placing our trust in
Christ’s promises and relying not on our
own strength, but on the help of the grace
of the Holy Spirit.

3. 1. Responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in
the heart of every man
2. Takes up the hope that inspire men’s activities and purifies
them so as to order them to the Kingdom of heaven
3. Keeps man from discouragement
4. Sustains him during times of abandonment
5. Opens up his heart in expectation of eternal beatitude (the
Origin of Christian Hope)
6. Preserves him from selfishness and leads him to the happiness
that flows from charity

4. During hardships, the Christian maintains
hope. This hope is especially found in the Our
Father, the most beautiful prayer which Jesus
has taught.
In the Our Father, the Christian anchors his
hope on God.

5. - “My deliverance and honor are with God, my
strong rock; my refuge is with my God.” (Ps. 62: 8)
- “Better to take refuge in the Lord than to put one’s
trust in princes.” (Ps. 118: 9)
- The Christian should not put his trust in men (Job
4: 18), only hoping in God. Then, the Christian
realizes that “the Lord is good to those who trust in
him, to the one that seeks him” (Lam. 3: 25)

6. Christian hope is God- oriented. It excludes
the Christian’s own ability or the help of
others. It is a hope that places God first
because “cursed is the man who trusts in
human beings, who makes flesh strength,
whose heart turns away from the Lord” (Jer.
7: 5)

7. - CH takes up and fulfils the hope of the
chosen people which has its origin and models
in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed
abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in
Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the
sacrifice. “Hoping against hope, he believed,
and thus became the father of many nations.”

8. - CH unfolds from the
beginning of Jesus’ preaching
in the proclamation of the
Beatitudes.

9. •Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
•Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.
•Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
•Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will
be satisfied.
•Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
•Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
•Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
•Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

10.  “Blessed are the poor in Spirit” is the first Beatitude and commonly the
most misunderstood. Some Christians assume if they are well off, they
can never be poor in spirit. However, this Beatitude has nothing to do
with material things, your work ethic, or how you handle money. Being
poor in spirit means placing God and others above yourself. This
includes praying for others before yourself and making God a part of
everyday life through devotions, uplifting entertainment, attending
church, and giving back to the community.

11. The virtue of hope is a blessing
of the Lord that is granted to
the Christian, God having
willed this before the creation
of the world.

12. 1. Faith
2. Hope
3. Hope in God
4. Hope in Jesus Christ
5. Hope for eternal life
6. Hope in salvation

13. Christian Maturity includes the confidence
that God is good and continues to share His
goodness to any situation.

14. 1. Faith
2. Hope
3. Love

15. Hope for the greater
things in life
Searches in faith
toward the better
things in life
From faith and the
knowledge of truth,
the Christian can then
have the hope,
directing his intention
toward the right goal

16. The human virtues are rooted in
the theological virtues, which
adapt man’s faculties for
participation in the divine nature:
for the theological virtues relate
directly to God.

17. The TV are the foundation od
Christian moral activity; they
animate it and give it its special
character.

18. By faith, we believe in God and believe all that he
has revealed to us and that Holy Church proposes
for our belief.
By hope we desire, and with steadfast trust await
from our eternal life and the graces to merit it.
By charity, we love God above all things and our
neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. Charity,
the form of all the virtues, ‘binds everything
together in perfect harmony.’ (Col. 3: 14)

19. When there is hope, the virtues of
faith and love may be assured.
Hope withstands everything and
with that, it is something that
may strengthen and lead someone
to love.

20. Gratitude includes recognition of
the gift of God’s presence providing
strength and reason to overcome
difficulties in life.

21. The virtue of hope, though it is very
subjective, is also coming from the
grace of God. For we know that
everything comes from the free giving
of God’s grace most especially such
kind of virtues.

22. -A participation in the life of God
-First and foremost the gift of the
Spirit who justifies and sanctifies us.

23. 1. Sacramental graces- gifts proper to
the different sacraments.
2. Special graces- also called
charisms after the Greek term
used by St. Paul and meaning
“favor”, gratuitous gift, benefit.