Vatican City, Mar 17, 2016 / 10:17 am
In his homily Thursday, Pope Francis spoke on the essential role hope plays in the Christian life, saying that while it is a silent and humble virtue, it is what supports us in difficulty and brings us peace.
"Hope (is) that humble virtue which flows under the water of life, but that bears us up so we don't drown in so many difficulties, so we do not lose that desire to find God, to find that wonderful face which we will all see one day: hope," the Pope said March 17.
Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Vatican's Saint Martha guesthouse, focusing his homily on the figure of Abraham and how Jesus in the day's Gospel from John tells the Jews that "Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day."
While Abraham certainly had temptations along "the path of hope," he still believed and obeyed what the Lord told him, and so began his journey to the Promised Land, the Pope told attendees.