On Being Hopeful – and Happy- Warriors

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the unpopularity of optimism.

“A world running low on hope ought to be world in which the Gospel can find a foothold. The Church offers a kind of hope that the world cannot. The Church promises, not worldly comforts or security, but the sure hope of a Savior who has conquered even death. In short, she offers hope in something permanent, secure, steadfast to a world exhausted by its own transience.”

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