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Talk:Essay:The Coming Fifth Great Awakening in America (view source)
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:Thank you! [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 16:09, 2 March 2009 (EST)
:Thank you! [[User:AddisonDM|AddisonDM]] 16:09, 2 March 2009 (EST)
== “We have set our hope on the living God” (1 Tim 4:10) ==
Good contribution, Addison! Your message is really about Hope. Hope is the gift God brought to each of us, in and through his Son, Jesus Christ. You posted you are still working on this, so you might want to consider Holy Father's words I placed below, and linked to.
As we wait in hope, Holy Father, Benedict XVI, recently had this to say in his message about [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/youth/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20090222_youth_en.html World Youth Day]:
{{cquote|'''Experience shows that personal qualities and material goods are not enough to guarantee the hope which the human spirit is constantly seeking. As I wrote in the Encyclical [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html Spe Salvi], politics, science, technology, economics and all other material resources are not of themselves sufficient to provide the great hope to which we all aspire. This hope “can only be God, who encompasses the whole of reality and who can bestow upon us what we, by ourselves, cannot attain”. This is why one of the main consequences of ignoring God is the evident loss of direction that marks our societies, resulting in loneliness and violence, discontent and loss of confidence that can often lead to despair. ''The word of God issues a warning that is loud and clear: “Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the Lord. They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief comes”''''' (Jer 17:5-6).
'''If you find your sustenance in Christ, my dear young people, and if you live profoundly in him as did the Apostle Paul, you will not be able to resist speaking about him and making him known and loved by many of your friends and contemporaries. Be his faithful disciples, and in that way you will be able to help form Christian communities that are filled with love, like those described in the Acts of the Apostles. The Church depends on you for this demanding mission. Do not be discouraged by the difficulties and trials you encounter. Be patient and persevering so as to overcome the natural youthful tendency to rush ahead and to want everything immediately.'''}}
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