By Joseph Pearce, EWTN News - ‘Hope is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ's promises and relying not on our own strength, but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit.’ (CCC 1817)... Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope; To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; To thee do we send up our sighs, Mourning and weeping in this vale of tears …