Hoping for Others

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What it means to hope for others

Hope is the virtue in which we realize that our only true happiness is to be found in Heaven. And so, naturally, hope prompts us to pursue Heaven as the only thing that can ultimately satisfy us.

Now when you love someone else, it means you think of them as another self, so what makes them happy makes you happy. In other words, love makes you long for the happiness of another as you long for your own.

So, if we have hope, and if we love our neighbor, we’ll not only commit ourselves to pursuing heaven for ourselves but we’ll be dedicated to doing what we can to help our friends, our kids, our families, and even our enemies get there too.

That’s what happens when you combine hope and love.