The Virtue of Hope
Questions can be viewed here.
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1. Hope is a supernatural virtue by which we trust God will give us eternal life and the means to obtain it.
2. By making acts of hope, by diverting one's attention to something else, by praying, and by thinking of the sufferings and death of Our Lord.
3. No, because he does not trust that God will help him through this trial.
4. Yes, because she must co-operate with the means God gives her for her salvation.
5. Probably not, because she is just exasperated, and she doesn't sincerely mean this.
6. Margy would have no interest in living with God in heaven.
7. Yes, but this would be only natural hope.
8. Such a person would not have the virtue of hope because he does not place his trust in God's help.
9. Yes, implicitly, because he does not trust in God's help, but he would also sin against whatever virtue the sin violated.
10. Yes, because he doesn't trust that God will give him the grace to forgive his enemy.
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Adapted from The Queen's Work Magazine, February 1946
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