Monday, August 19, 2024

Hope

Too often we think of hope in too individualistic a manner as merely our personal salvation. But hope essentially bears on the great actions of God concerning the whole of creation. It bears on the destiny of all humanity. It is the salvation of the world that we await. In reality hope bears on the salvation of all men—and it is only in the measure that I am immersed in them that it bears on me.


JEAN CARDINAL DANIÉLOU, S.J. Essai sur le mystère de l’histoire, 1953