"Bit by bit, we will realize that hoping with Jesus is learning to already see the plant inside the seed, Easter in the cross, life in death. The pope asked people to contemplate the crucifix every day and tell Christ, "With you, nothing is lost. Real love must follow the cross and sacrifice, not as its goal, but as the necessary path to true glory and new life, the pope said. "There is no other way to defeat evil and give hope to the world." When people begin to choose God's way, they soon discover the victorious path in life is the life of a seed and humble love, he said. "Hope overcomes everything because it is born from the love of Jesus who made Himself be like a grain of wheat on earth and died to give life" - a life full of the love that comes from hope. That is why Jesus is the one who can always turn every single dark moment into light, "every defeat into victory, every disappointment into hope," he said. That's why, there on the cross, our hope was born and is always reborn." That is why with His death and resurrection, God made everything new, transforming "our sin into forgiveness, our death into resurrection, our fear into faith. Precisely there, at that extreme point of His lowering Himself, which is also the highest point of love, hope germinated," sprouting forth because of the power of love, he said. To bear fruit, Jesus lived love all the way, letting Himself be broken by death like a seed under the earth. Jesus Himself followed this process by "falling to the earth" from His celestial glory as a small baby, like a tiny grain of wheat. Only when a seed splits apart and opens up does it give rise to new life that grows and gives abundant fruit, the pope said. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life." John when He says, "unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat but if it dies, it produces much fruit. Jesus explains the new kind of hope He offers in a verse from the Gospel according of St. ![]() This seemingly illogical process is the source and strength of Christian hope, Pope Francis said, continuing his series of talks on the unique nature of this hope. Rather, those who readily serve others and "live God's way" are the winners, who "save themselves and others, becoming seeds of hope for the world," he said. On The Bumpy Road To Love Judy Garland PINKIE Theres a road that leads to happiness, I know we can find it. Those who love their own lives and always hunger for more are the losers, the pope said at his weekly general audience April 12. Performer: Terry Shand And His Orchestra Terry ShandWriter: Al Hoffman Al Lewis Murray MencherFox Trot Vocal Chorus.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. VATICAN CITY - The cross, loving service and humble sacrifice are the only way to overcome evil and give hope to the world, Pope Francis said.
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