The hope of the card. Siri: homily at the Easter Vigil

Homily of Card. Giuseppe Siri in the Easter Vigil (1971)

The passage from the Gospel of Luke (24: 1-12), you have now heard, we did witness the resurrection of the Lord as in a mirror, because this song does not tell the time of the Resurrection of Christ, tells what happened immediately and after the announcement that women have the Angels. Dear, is the announcement for us: Christ is risen, is risen for us!

I would like briefly before starting the baptismal liturgy you ponder this: the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the beacon of our hope. Would not you talk a little 'too little of hope? Of course, the Resurrection of Christ is the object of faith and is also a demonstration - we'll talk tomorrow morning - but the Resurrection of Christ is the beacon of our hope for this. Because if he is risen, if he himself has placed human life voluntarily and willingly to His power has summarized, there is nothing that can be impossible to Christ. And if there's anything that would be impossible to Christ, our hope is opened fully.

Let 's talk of hope: what is it? Hope is a desire fiducial, is made up of two elements. The first is the desire, no need to explain it, because like so many that there are never forced to have at least everyone knows the definition. But I said fiducial desire. What is confidence? Trust is what the soul was quiet, because comforted by a valid promise and guarantee. The trust is distinguished by the certainty that has not yet, but has the elements to make perfectly reasonable to certainty. Desire and faith are the hope.

Now, dear, what is the true object of hope that theological, it is said that the three virtues are faith, hope and charity? What is the object? That must be very clear because of the confusion can be very harmful. The object is eternal life and the means to buy it. Does not impress you? Mind you that eternal life is everything. And it's what we created, is the thing for which we have to endure a trial, we are provided with the freedom and liberty we have the capability of merit. But the object of Christian hope is eternal life. Only? No: the graces necessary to get there.

I understand that many, perhaps for their past do not feel like lifting his eyes up and look at life eternal. I know very well that many say they do not believe in God, and it is not true! And the only true provided that they are so little faith in His goodness and mercy to fall into despair, desperation and cover by saying that they do not believe. For I the priests who assist the sick and dying, I always give this advice, and give it to you: if you say "I do not take the sacraments because they do not believe it," not begin to say why must believe, because they believe more than you. Talk to them the infinite mercy of God and see! And every time I return the horses of this advice, consoling and joyful. I repeat: I think that many feel they do not have hope in God in order to live good. I say to them: they are in error, the virtue of Christian hope, which must have to save, remind them that they can expect everything from God to resist temptation and live well, even miracles, if they were needed! Because this is the only case in which it is certain that if they were needed, would God do miracles. This is the object of hope.

I see someone who has some 'pulled the nose, but I think I can dissolve quickly, says: "And our affairs are the subject of hope?" Well, are not the proper object of hope or principal, but nothing that prohibits you Hope also about the things of this world, which are favorable, the second, unpretentious though, because after that Christ went to the Cross, you know they expect to go to heaven in a carriage is a bit 'Toppo. So yes, it is not the proper object of hope and principal, but it is an object, we might say, accessory also the welfare of this world. And with discretion and with resignation and with faith we can ask that too.

Now, who is it that inspires this hope? Risen Christ. A life without hope? What happens in a lot of our fellows doing everything we can to forget and think to exist? They have no hope. We pray to God that the Feast of the Resurrection light up the hope, the hope and endless other things in many hearts.

I want to warn those who are present at this Mass fulfill the Paschal precept for the day even if it is before midnight.

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