"If hope does not flourish within us, sooner or later the certainty that justice, truth, love & goodness prevail fades and we remain unfulfilled. Life is marred by an absence of hope, and when this occurs, bitterness prevails, leaving divisions, a sense of defeat, and feelings of jealousy and rivalry. However, experience has shown me that hope is indeed possible. This is truly the greatest gift that God concedes to humanity. It is the crowning glory of all other gifts, and the expression of their ultimate and reasonable fulfillment."
--Monsignor Massimo Camisasca