Negative news and views that bombard us daily can wear us down and put our faith and optimism to the test. Father Anthony J. Giambrone, O.P. writing in a little book of reflections for the Year of Faith offers some helpful advice in this regard. "Faith needs fuel if it is to stay alive, and the fuel God gives it is hope. Hope is the power of patient endurance, the engine that fires resolve. Hope swells the spirit, after faith has filled the mind, while sanctified intellect and passion bear fruit as the saving deeds of charity. The demons have dead faith, because the demons have no hope. Nothing can drive them to suffer in heroic love. But the Christian is bold, a martyr who steps smilingly to meet his fate. In hope-filled faith he courageously live a life of loving greatness."--Magnificat Year of Faith Companion, p. 108. No matter where we are, what age we are, or what our occupation for today, we need to ask for hope, reflect on our own history, the life of Jesus, the history of the Church, and see again how despite the incursions of evil forces, good has always come out in unexpected but inevitable ways to prevail. A daily dose of hope has the power to strengthen our faith and enable us to bring hope and deeper faith to others.
Bro. Rene
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