HOPE and PEACE

“We also hope in God, but our hope is not absolute like Mary’s.  Lacking her complete reliance on the divine assistance, we always feel the need of resorting to many little personal expedients to obtain some security, some human support.  However, everything human is uncertain; if we base our hopes on these things, it is quite natural that we shall be constantly disturbed and anxious.  By her silent hope, the Virgin Mary shows us the only way to real security, serenity, and inner peace, even in the most difficult circumstances: the way of total confidence in God…No, God will never disappoint us if we hope in Him; just as He sent an Angel to Joseph to reveal the mystery of Mary’s maternity, He will always find a way to help and sustain a soul who entrusts itself wholly to Him.”  ~Divine Intimacy