HOPE: how we and our world need it!
St Paul writes that “hope does not disappoint,” though he knew well many of his plans were dashed by suffering. Through persecution, shipwrecks, and imprisonment, he persevered because of HOPE: “We even boast of our afflictions, knowing afflictions produce endurance and endurance proven character and proven character hope. And hope does not disappoint because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who’s been given to us” (Rom 5:3-5).