The antiphon for Wednesday of the Fourth week of Lent says Lord, in your great love, answer me. (Ps 68:14) How does God answer?
Is 49 says I will never forget you… on the day of salvation I help you…For the Lord comforts his people.
All these passages taken from the readings remind us of God’s answer–hope. When we are in need, God tells us that He is there beside us, ready to help, comfort, and console.
Msgr. Luigi Giussani writes, hope is an energy, the energy of vigilance, and energy that continually pierces through, pierces continually through the shadows.
Who of us do not have shadows? They are part and parcel of human life. The more conscious you become of your own spiritual journey, the sharper will your awareness be, and you will see that dark cloud which wants nothing better than to envelope one within its wall of darkness.
Again, Giussani: The energy of hope breaks, perforates the hard walls of the tomb in which distraction, intemperance and worries enclose us. It’s not the disappearance of distraction, intemperance or worries; it’s that in the midst of distraction, worries and intemperance, unconquerable hope continually forms.
What more can we ask from God?