Hope
Roz relays a fine commentary on hope:
A friend of mine had a sign in his room which said, 'Don’t worry. It might not happen.' I composed another for him which said, 'Don’t worry. It probably will happen. But it won’t be the end of the world.'
I tend to tense up when I watch the agony in the garden scene of "The Passion of the Christ", the one where Jesus has to make a decision to resist the temptation of the devil. Even knowing the outcome it is hard to watch given how much was riding. I get a flavor of this too during the Joyful Mysteries when thinking about how Mary's fiat changed the course of the world.
That's the thing: that so much was riding. That burden. And I try to take that burden by putting myself in their places and wonder if I will succeed or fail, even though that is not the right mindset of a Christian. The right mindset is: we have already won! How can I be truly grateful for what Jesus accomplished and still think that everything is on my shoulders? I can't. The gratitude that comes from celebration for His victory is that His fruits will be conferred to you, instead of a tensing up in consideration of whether we will follow Our Lord's and Lady's example.
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