{"id":19839,"date":"2018-07-26T20:54:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T01:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=19839"},"modified":"2018-07-26T20:54:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T01:54:45","slug":"hymn-to-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=19839","title":{"rendered":"Hymn to Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Oh, holy Hope, how admirable you are!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">(Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luisapiccarretaofficial.org\/prayers\/hymn-to-hope\/18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> for website)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">I imagine seeing the soul who is possessed by this beautiful Hope,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">like a noble wayfarer, who walks in order to go <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">and take possession of a land that will make his whole fortune. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">But since he is unknown and he journeys through lands which are not his, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">some deride him, some insult him, some strip him of his clothes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">and some reach the point of beating him and even of threatening to kill him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">And the noble wayfarer \u2013 what does he do in all these trials? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Will he be disturbed? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ah, no \u2013 never! On the contrary, he will deride those who do all this to him, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">and knowing with certainty that the more he suffers, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">the more he will be honored and glorified when he comes to take possession of his land, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">he himself teases the people into tormenting him more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">But he is always tranquil, he enjoys the most perfect peace; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">and what is more, while in the midst of these insults,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Who administers so much peace <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">and so much firmness to this wayfarer in continuing the journey he has undertaken? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Certainly Hope in the eternal goods that will be his; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">and since they are his, he will overcome everything in order to take possession of them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Now, by thinking that they are his own, he comes to love them <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">and here is how Hope gives rise to Charity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, holy Hope, how admirable you are! 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