This is the fifth in a new series of posts sharing Pope Leo XIV’s words each Wednesday in his Weekly Audience, a time when he teaches, encourages, and shapes the mission of the Church around the world. Check back here each Wednesday to get to know Pope Leo!
“Christian hope is not evasion, but decision.”
In this week’s Wednesday audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his catechesis on the Jubilee theme, presenting Christ, who offered himself freely in the Garden of Olives, as the embodiment of true hope.
“This is what true hope consists of: not in trying to avoid pain, but in believing that even in the heart of the most unjust suffering, the seed of new life is hidden.”
It is hope that allows us to pray, with confidence, not to be spared from suffering, but rather for the strength to persevere in love. It is this hope that allows us not to seek to have everything under control, but to choose to love freely every day.
