San Pablo Publishing House from Madrid (Spain) has recently printed the essay “Esperanza" (Hope), by Martí Colom, a member of our Community and regular collaborator of this blog. The book has appeared as part of the “Adentro” Collection (Books on Spirituality), and it is a meditation on the foundations and nature of hope; on how can hope contribute to our personal and collective development, and on the role it has played in History. The text also asks the question of what is specific of Christian hope: what kind of hope moved Jesus, what sort of hope can we find in the Gospels? Finally, the author presents the intimate relationship between hope and solidarity, concluding that where there is no hope is quite difficult for solidarity to grow. Hope is, in fact, the best possible yeast for solidarity —that solidarity which today the world desperately needs to overcome the abysmal differences between rich and poor that hurt it.
Congratulations, Martí, on the publication of this book!
