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  Word of God  
 
The Lord will be your confidence.
Proverbs 3:26
 


We should live a good and pure life,
setting our minds at rest
and having confidence before God.

 
'The Imitation of Christ; Thomas a Kempis, 15th century

 
 
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My soul thirsts for the living God.
When shall I come and behold the face of God?
Psalm 42:1-3
 


This thirst contains a truth that does not betray,
a hope that does not disappoint.
It is a thirst which even in the darkest night
lights the way towards the source of life,

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

 
 
  Word of God  
 
We have set our hope on the living God.
1 Timothy 4:10
 


God is supreme goodness.

 
St. John of the Cross, 16th century

 
 
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Hope in the Lord and in his unfailing love.
Psalm 130:7
 


God promises us joys and pleasures;
they are joys certain, inexpressible, and eternal.

 
St. Theophane Venard, 19th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
May you know what is the hope
to which the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, has called you.
cf Ephesians 1:17-18
 


If you do not hope,
you will not find what is beyond our hope.

 
St. Clement of Alexandria, 3rd century

 
 
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Love hopes all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7
 



Hope always draws the soul
from the beauty that is seen to what is beyond,
always kindles the desire for what is hidden
through what is perceived.


 
St. Gregory of Nyssa, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
May the eyes of our hearts be enlightened
that we may know what is the hope
that belongs to the Lord's call.
Ephesians 1:18
 




Let us fasten our thoughts on the glory
which is stored up for us.

 
St. Valerian, 5th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
In hope we were saved.
Romans 8:24
 



The one who has hope lives differently;
the one who hopes has been granted the gift of a new life.


 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

 

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