Saint Gertrude Parish - Lasne

A Christian's hope is not due to their own merits. If they believe in the future, it is because Christ died and rose again and gave us his Spirit. "Redemption is offered to us in the sense that we have received hope, a reliable hope, by virtue of which we can face our present." In this sense, once again, we say that hope is a theological virtue: it does not originate from us, it is not an obstinacy we try to convince ourselves of, but it is a gift that comes directly from God.