Saint Gertrude Parish - Lasne

The Jubilee is drawing to a close, but the hope this year has given us does not fade: we will remain pilgrims of hope! We have heard from Saint Paul: “Our salvation is in hope” (Romans 8:24). Without hope, we die; with hope, we come to the light. Hope is generative. Indeed, it is a theological virtue, that is, a power of God, and because it begets, it does not kill but brings forth and rebirth. This is true power. That which threatens and kills is not power: it is omnipotence, it is aggressive fear, it is an evil that begets nothing. The power of God brings rebirth. This is why I would like to tell you: to hope is to beget.