Live Tomorrow’s Joy Today

Herald hope for people who are drowning in hopelessness.

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Then-President George W. Bush greets Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., April 15, 2008.

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‘Our joy comes from knowing that we can live on tomorrow’s joy today.” And “hope is not dead; hope is alive and it embraces our lives forever.”

Maria Montserrat — we call her “Montse” — Alvarado, president of EWTN (a global Catholic television network) was speaking to the women of the Knights of Columbus, who were gathered in Washington, D.C., for the annual convention of the Catholic fraternal organization. The lunch was attended mostly by the wives of leaders in the Knights, women who are community — and family — leaders in their own right, albeit usually without the colorful titles the Knights are known for.

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.

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