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CANTO XXV of Dante's Paradiso
See below and in the pinned comment for a brief clarification about the difference between Faith and Christian Hope.
8th heaven: the Fixed stars. Dante meets St. James, who tests him on Hope. Then he meets St. John.
00:00 Canto XXV Intro
04:28 Canto XXV Overview and Structure
06:19 Il poema sacro - the sacred poem
9:34 St. James the Apostle
11:38 Dante is tested on Hope (first 3 questions)
15:59 Christian Hope (Charles Peguy's poetry)
21:33 Fourth Question on Hope
23:45 St. John is introduced
Music: Gabriel's Oboe youtube.com/watch?v=FtE3hoR_Nvo&t=18s
HOPE: we could say that Faith is grounded in the reality of the past, while Hope is looking to the reality of the future.
Copying here from a theologian’s essay: “The relationship between faith and hope can be illustrated in the joy a child feels when his father tells him they are going to an amusement park tomorrow. The child believes that he will go to the amusement park, based on his father’s word—that is faith. At the same time, that belief within the child kindles an irrepressible joy—that is hope. The child’s natural trust in his father’s promise is the faith; the child’s squeals of delight and jumping in place are the expressions of the hope.”
Similarly, a Christian has Faith in God and in all the biblical promises (i.e.: eternal life, second coming of Christ). The “eternal life” or our “meeting with Christ” is like a door that we know is there through Faith. But like pope Francis said, it’s the virtue of Hope that makes us “walk towards” that door. That act of walking in itself represents Christian Hope. So it’s not equivalent to our regular “hope” that something might or might not be there in the future. It means living with patient joy while going towards something that we know will be there. Spiritually, it’s the real antidote to any possible source of desperation.
Translations used for this video:
Allen Mandelbaum barnesandnoble.com/w/paradiso-dante/1139687804
Robert Hollander barnesandnoble.com/w/paradiso-dante/1140792727?ean=9781400031153
Robin Kirkpatrick barnesandnoble.com/w/the-divine-comedy-dante-alighieri/1111306385?ean=9780143107194
CANTO XXV of Dante's Paradiso
See below and in the pinned comment for a brief clarification about the difference between Faith and Christian Hope.
8th heaven: the Fixed stars. Dante meets St. James, who tests him on Hope. Then he meets St. John.
00:00 Canto XXV Intro
04:28 Canto XXV Overview and Structure
06:19 Il poema sacro - the sacred poem
9:34 St. James the Apostle
11:38 Dante is tested on Hope (first 3 questions)
15:59 Christian Hope (Charles Peguy's poetry)
21:33 Fourth Question on Hope
23:45 St. John is introduced
Music: Gabriel's Oboe youtube.com/watch?v=FtE3hoR_Nvo&t=18s
HOPE: we could say that Faith is grounded in the reality of the past, while Hope is looking to the reality of the future.
Copying here from a theologian’s essay: “The relationship between faith and hope can be illustrated in the joy a child feels when his father tells him they are going to an amusement park tomorrow. The child believes that he will go to the amusement park, based on his father’s word—that is faith. At the same time, that belief within the child kindles an irrepressible joy—that is hope. The child’s natural trust in his father’s promise is the faith; the child’s squeals of delight and jumping in place are the expressions of the hope.”
Similarly, a Christian has Faith in God and in all the biblical promises (i.e.: eternal life, second coming of Christ). The “eternal life” or our “meeting with Christ” is like a door that we know is there through Faith. But like pope Francis said, it’s the virtue of Hope that makes us “walk towards” that door. That act of walking in itself represents Christian Hope. So it’s not equivalent to our regular “hope” that something might or might not be there in the future. It means living with patient joy while going towards something that we know will be there. Spiritually, it’s the real antidote to any possible source of desperation.
Translations used for this video:
Allen Mandelbaum barnesandnoble.com/w/paradiso-dante/1139687804
Robert Hollander barnesandnoble.com/w/paradiso-dante/1140792727?ean=9781400031153
Robin Kirkpatrick barnesandnoble.com/w/the-divine-comedy-dante-alighieri/1111306385?ean=9780143107194
