Hope is the thing that lets us keeping drudging on in this world. Hope allows the sun to rise each morning, lets seeds grow and bloom, makes each second worth living, and gives us the ability to look for the best in the worst situations. Without hope the world would be entirely different. Hope is an intrinsic emotion each human possesses and utilizes each and every day. The Oxford English Dictionary defines hope as “a person or thing that gives desire or promise for the future” (“Hope”, 1899). However, hope is much more than just words written on a page, as there are vastly greater and deeper meanings to the word. In this essay, I will argue five separate ideas that encompass the concept of hope. My first argument is that religion gives
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Mary is represented as icons, drawings, paintings, and apparitions, such as La Santa Muerte, La Negrita, Our Lady of the Rock, Madonna, The Virgin of Guadalupe, and Our Lady of the Wall. With there still being many more, all of this just undoubtedly proves how incredibly substantial her influence is. It is completely reasonable to believe in Mary’s influence because “to look at [her]…is to look at God’s original plan for humanity” (Nouwen, 1989), as mentioned in class: she is the ultimate standard—except not only just for women but for all Christians, “in her we see the way God wanted [Christians] to be” (Nouwen, 1989). Mary truly shows us the path to heaven with her unquestioned devotion to God, unwavering faith, and radical humility. In Christianity, Christians strive to become closer to God—to become perfect Christians—and Mary can help Christians do this, “the closer [Christians] come to Mary the better [they can] see the splendor of God’s redeemed humanity and the beauty of redeemed life” (Nouwen, 1989). If Mary is the ultimate standard and she can show us how to become closer with God then it makes complete sense that she can bring us hope as an extension of Christianity. With all of her various forms and her apparitions around the entire …show more content…
Aside from everything stated above, hope is essential for humans and inseparable from them. A person without hope is nearly impossible to explain and extremely hard to comprehend—it is essentially life not being lived. Hope allows us to do so many things in life and it mainly goes unnoticed from day to
Mary is represented as icons, drawings, paintings, and apparitions, such as La Santa Muerte, La Negrita, Our Lady of the Rock, Madonna, The Virgin of Guadalupe, and Our Lady of the Wall. With there still being many more, all of this just undoubtedly proves how incredibly substantial her influence is. It is completely reasonable to believe in Mary’s influence because “to look at [her]…is to look at God’s original plan for humanity” (Nouwen, 1989), as mentioned in class: she is the ultimate standard—except not only just for women but for all Christians, “in her we see the way God wanted [Christians] to be” (Nouwen, 1989). Mary truly shows us the path to heaven with her unquestioned devotion to God, unwavering faith, and radical humility. In Christianity, Christians strive to become closer to God—to become perfect Christians—and Mary can help Christians do this, “the closer [Christians] come to Mary the better [they can] see the splendor of God’s redeemed humanity and the beauty of redeemed life” (Nouwen, 1989). If Mary is the ultimate standard and she can show us how to become closer with God then it makes complete sense that she can bring us hope as an extension of Christianity. With all of her various forms and her apparitions around the entire …show more content…
Aside from everything stated above, hope is essential for humans and inseparable from them. A person without hope is nearly impossible to explain and extremely hard to comprehend—it is essentially life not being lived. Hope allows us to do so many things in life and it mainly goes unnoticed from day to