What does the Bible say about hope and where to find it? We explore how Scripture looks at hope from many different angles.
Hope is a central theme in the Bible. The Scriptures encourage us to approach it from different angles to deepen our understanding of what hope is and how we can experience it in our lives.
Hope always has an expectation of some good which as yet we cannot realise. So hope always has a future dimension - something desired, expected and longed for. We trust it is possible and so we seek it.
Today we still celebrate and live out the hope expressed by the communities who wrote and compiled the Scriptures.
The Bible is full of characters who are tested in their faith whether they are prophets, kings or ordinary citizens responding to God’s call.
Lament and grief emerge in the experience of people and communities who have gone through the most painful, violent experiences that life can throw at us.
Jesus renews the covenant that places the frail and outcast, the widow, the stranger and the orphan at the heart of the community of the compassionate God.
After the trauma of the crucifixion the Bible offers us the resilience of the Resurrection in return.
What is so great about hope that it should be called a ‘theological virtue’ by Catholics?
Encyclical letters written by the popes always express a message of hope but what do they say to us today?
Here’s a simple resource for individuals and groups to use with Scripture texts and questions to help you explore the theme of hope.
