What is hope? How do we hope in a turbulent era of war, instability and change? Is manifestation just another form of hope? In this episode, Fr John and Fr Toby explore the virtue of hope and how to hope when all seems impossible.

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What is the true meaning of Christian hope in a world filled with anxiety, despair, and uncertainty? In this episode of Good Habits, Fr John and Fr Toby draw on the wisdom of Thomas Aquinas, St Augustine and Thomas Merton, exploring how we can have hope in difficult times.

Hope in God is not just wishful thinking but a transformative theological virtue. Learn how hope differs from manifestation, self-help culture and materialism and why true happiness cannot be found in success, relationships, or possessions alone.

About the Virtue of Hope
Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ's promises and relying not on our own strength, but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit. "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful." "The Holy Spirit . . . he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life."

The virtue of hope responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed in the heart of every man; it takes up the hopes that inspire men's activities and purifies them so as to order them to the Kingdom of heaven; it keeps man from discouragement; it sustains him during times of abandonment; it opens up his heart in expectation of eternal beatitude. Buoyed up by hope, he is preserved from selfishness and led to the happiness that flows from charity.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:40 Hope in a turbulent world
1:56 How Aquinas defines hope
3:00 Why is hope a theological virtue?
5:24 Hope anchors you in God
6:28 What can satisfy our restlessness?
11:36 Hope in Heaven, or now?
16:29 How Faith gives us Hope
19:43 Is Manifestation hope?
22:58 How can you grow in hope?