Virtues and vices (21). The race of salvation

To know

“The hope is to promote the illusion in circumstances that we know they are desperate” (Chesterton). The hope It is necessary to achieve a human project. In supernatural keeps us on the path towards the definitive encounter with Godwhich is our full happiness.

Faced with the transcendental question: what will become of me after the death? If we do not know the answer, the sadness; If there is nothing at the end, walking or living loses meaning, despair and the feeling of the uselessness of everything arises: What was the point of being prudent or temperate? Why so much effort if it all ends here? Christ promised eternal life for whoever follows him.

To think

The runners have hope to arrive to the goal. The Olympic 1500 meter dash athlete, Alan Webb, realized that the only race that matters in life is the one that leads to “eternal gold”, to the holiness. Because the salvationhe says, is a race that, if run with humble and faithful perseverance, will be a guaranteed victory.

For Alan it was all about running, and thanks to his wife Julia he understood the richness of the sanctity of marriage and procreation. He entered the Catholic Church and thanks to God his four daughters. She was inspired by an American football player, Philip Rivers, who was not afraid to have 9 children and used his gifts to bring glory to God. His wife Julia was impressed that Philip’s wife ran a half marathon pushing one of her babies in a stroller. Webb, although he knows his weaknesses, knows that with prayer and the sacraments, Christ helps to fight and run the race of salvation that we can all win.

To live

The certainty of hope of the Christian is in that Christ already defeated death and resurrected. It is good to ask for this virtue. We cannot let ourselves be discouraged by our sins, because let us not forget that God forgives everything and always. We never tire of asking sorry. With hope we can live with joy and serenity: Jesus assures us of a reliable and bright future.

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