Finding Hope in Times of Darkness

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Finding hope in times of darkness is difficult, but so necessary to our happiness and attitude towards life.
Hope is so often a misunderstood virtue, it’s no wonder people usually undervalue it.
Bobby Angel lets us know that hope is not the false optimism that says, “I hope I live to see the day when poverty is no more,” and it’s not simply a wishful expectation like when you say, “I hope I get that awesome laptop for Christmas.”
Hope is a gift from God that helps us keep our eyes on heaven, even when things seem dismal and dark here on earth.
As Pope Benedict XVI said, “One who has hope lives differently.”
Here are some excellent resources on this essential topic.
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl (amzn.to/2FXXVD8)
Life is Worth Living by Archbishop Fulton Sheen (bit.ly/2U89fQ9)
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  • @caryulmer5578
    @caryulmer55785 жыл бұрын

    "...but that (darkness) doesn't have the final say in the end." Such good words to always remember.

  • @saddgod
    @saddgod5 жыл бұрын

    Wow I legitimately am in a rough state rn like this very second and as I am crying on the phone I get this notification. It almost has to be a sign from God.

  • @CK-wc8ow

    @CK-wc8ow

    5 жыл бұрын

    Keep the faith Cain. Our prayers are with you and for you. Whenever you feel down...just pray the sign of the cross on yourself and the I Believe. It'll do you wonders

  • @saddgod

    @saddgod

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@CK-wc8ow thank you

  • @rosezingleman5007

    @rosezingleman5007

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am praying for you Cain.

  • @maryjosephine6744
    @maryjosephine67445 жыл бұрын

    I will pray for your uncle. Cuz I'm exactly like him. I make music, teach, study my 3rd uni, I know 6 languages and I laugh all the time, I have travelled all over the world at 24 but when I'm alone, I tend to think to myself what is worth living. Majority is lying and the relationships are corrupted. I want to meet Jesus,etc. I am depressed. I have 2 more wishes to realize if God helps me. And then I will feel real happiness. And one of them is to teach the orphans every wonderful thing I know. The only thing that makes me continue is the kids. Of course after Jesus.. Anyway. May God forgive and bless your uncle. 💙

  • @stolen3moon
    @stolen3moon5 жыл бұрын

    It popped on my phone just when I needed it the most. Just when I wondered what to do

  • @samuelkuruc5190
    @samuelkuruc51905 жыл бұрын

    AMEN Perfect timing for this video 😊😄

  • @eileen1820

    @eileen1820

    5 жыл бұрын

    God bless you. my friend 😊😃

  • @paulmcgorian5712
    @paulmcgorian57125 жыл бұрын

    I suffer from chronic depresssion . I accept this suffering as my existence in this life , which helps me through my day . My hope is all with God in eternity that it will be better there . Sadly many people keep trying and struggling to be happy . This backfires as life is pain and sorrow but only sprinked with true joy .

  • @dawnmireles2912

    @dawnmireles2912

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope things have gotten better for you.

  • @margrose5
    @margrose52 жыл бұрын

    So sorry about your uncle. That scenario you described with your family is what keeps me here. I couldn’t bear to do that to my family, even though living is sometimes unbearable for me. I just pulled out my copy of Victor Frankl’s book. I’ve had it for a while. It’s probably time I read it. God bless you.

  • @Funny-vv3in
    @Funny-vv3in Жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @joshuakenna8079
    @joshuakenna80795 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing the story of your uncle, Bobby. I'm sure it's not easy to talk about that (let alone speak about it in a KZread video), but it helps me and I'm certain it has and will help many others. God Bless

  • @imalive4u169
    @imalive4u1695 жыл бұрын

    Many people hide their inner pain through humor. Look at comedian Robin Williams. I've noticed something extraverted people have a more difficult time coping with hardship in life than introverted people. An extraverted person needs the approval of other people to make themself feel better about themselves. They also tend to be more sensitive when bad things happen in their lives. An introvert doesn't need approval from people in fact they tend to have few or no friends they know that no one has their back but themselves therefore they are better equipped to deal with what life throws at them.

  • @jamesgonzales7994
    @jamesgonzales79945 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for a beautiful message of hope and love!! GOD BLESS YOU!! !

  • @cathybehrens6250
    @cathybehrens62505 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Bobby, for sharing such a painful thing in your life. God bless.

  • @some1online2day
    @some1online2day5 жыл бұрын

    Bobby, you have no idea how valuable and timely this video was for me right now. Thank you and thank God for you and your witness you've shared.

  • @michaelmcevoy5282
    @michaelmcevoy52825 жыл бұрын

    Great video Bobby. God bless you and your family 🕇🌹🌼🕇

  • @countingsheeppodcast2982
    @countingsheeppodcast29825 жыл бұрын

    This video came at the perfect time! Thanks be to God! Life is hard and especially serving God daily, but I take up my cross and I get to become who I’m meant to be

  • @thesportsanalyst4625
    @thesportsanalyst46255 жыл бұрын

    Been waiting for this all week!

  • @leighmercadokfphrdept.2197
    @leighmercadokfphrdept.21975 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for your video. I really need it because I had a depressing times but I had to get up because There's still hope with God. God bless always ⛪👼

  • @bearhugforyou9330

    @bearhugforyou9330

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope your fine now. Sending hugs and prayer 🫂❤️.

  • @leighmercadokfphrdept.2197

    @leighmercadokfphrdept.2197

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bearhugforyou9330 Awww thank you for that. I really appreciate it very much 😊😊😊

  • @jazmine1447
    @jazmine14475 жыл бұрын

    Well said Bobby, God bless❤

  • @eileen1820
    @eileen18205 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic lesson. Thank you!

  • @SevenDeMagnus
    @SevenDeMagnus5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks sir Bob.

  • @Molly-cd9fx
    @Molly-cd9fx5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you happy new year from Ireland!!

  • @jwk128
    @jwk1285 жыл бұрын

    God love you

  • @NotAFeminist976
    @NotAFeminist9765 жыл бұрын

    Love Frankl’s book!

  • @dannykraeger1602
    @dannykraeger16025 жыл бұрын

    Great video well said

  • @johnhealy4647
    @johnhealy46475 жыл бұрын

    Wow, hope! Nearly forgot about that.

  • @dgmn9100
    @dgmn91005 жыл бұрын

    helped me a lot:-) thank you ♥️

  • @kerwinfernandes9583
    @kerwinfernandes95835 жыл бұрын

    God Bless u too! :)

  • @valeriesearles3000
    @valeriesearles30005 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @Lisaloveslilly
    @Lisaloveslilly5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks... having a bad day...

  • @michaelhoy662
    @michaelhoy6625 жыл бұрын

    Part of living this life is that we all will be mostly depressed sad grieving worrying frightened but it’s meant to be that way the good times will come and raise us up for a short time but if you find god who is Jesus it’s a lot easier to get through the hard times and when they come you find it wasn’t really much to care about plus the next life with Jesus will be brilliant and last forever so just confess with your lips Jesus died for your sins and you will be saved god bless

  • @paulmcgorian5712
    @paulmcgorian57125 жыл бұрын

    Heres my poem to pain i conveyed to a friend . PAIN Run where too, Pain knows, Pain sees, Pain hunts, Pain smells the Stench of your happiness. Pain devours your dreams , to vomit them. Pain ubiquitous friend . Pain shadow and air. Pain light and Dark . Pain life and death. By paul mc Gorian Dublin ireland .

  • @conniemcfeely4115
    @conniemcfeely41155 жыл бұрын

    😇😇😇

  • @georgegorgees1583
    @georgegorgees15835 жыл бұрын

    How does the Rock church compare to the Catholic Church?

  • @dawnmireles2912
    @dawnmireles29122 жыл бұрын

    It is hard to live in joy when so many are suffering. I just pray. Any other advice? April 1, 2022

  • @marybeth1747

    @marybeth1747

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’ll pray for you. I had rough afternoon yesterday even though I was given a great blessing in the morning actually two. I’m feeling better today. God bless us and give us strength and hope.

  • @dawnmireles2912

    @dawnmireles2912

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marybeth1747 thank you so much. I needed to see this.

  • @shortstopmotions

    @shortstopmotions

    Жыл бұрын

    Attend church at least once a week ,pray the holy rosary daily, read the Bible, and gospel.

  • @strpure0661
    @strpure06615 жыл бұрын

    For the past two weeks on Sunday it has seems that I started and truly hate the music that is played at chruch. I use to like singing in chruch but now the music is so blan to me. It seems stupid but for a guy who is in band it means quit a whole lot to me. I like more of orchestra than a Christian rock band.

  • @loganeverly4910

    @loganeverly4910

    5 жыл бұрын

    You should try going to a really traditional church. They don't have guitars and modern music and sometimes they sing in Latin and it's really beautiful

  • @strpure0661

    @strpure0661

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@loganeverly4910 thank you I appreciate it means a bit for the help.

  • @sillypanda4658

    @sillypanda4658

    5 жыл бұрын

    Early morning masses are usually quieter and for the more traditionalists. All the 6 or 7am ones in my area have no music. I love it too because all you see is a sea of gray hair.. the die hard older Catholics that make the experience and prayer so much better.

  • @ninjamaster3453
    @ninjamaster34535 жыл бұрын

    Stop using nazy history as a comparison or allusion.

  • @vimaog9874

    @vimaog9874

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are you saying using it as a comparison or allusion is boring?

  • @ninjamaster3453

    @ninjamaster3453

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@vimaog9874 the atrocities of WWII have become a secular satan. An example of what could be the most extreme evil. Some people use the loss and suffering of their people as secular stand in for Our Savior Jesus Christ. They completely deny him. Catholics should avoid using those allusions completely.

  • @MissPopuri

    @MissPopuri

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh sure, oh magnanimous anonymous commenter, I'll get right on that. It will go right next to the allusions that I will stop using in reference to Soviet Russia and the Gulag Archipelago. Goodbye also to many of my comparisons on the economy to 19th Century British literature because they certainly have no meaning to us in the 21st Century. Thanks for setting me straight.

  • @vimaog9874

    @vimaog9874

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ninjamaster3453 hmm that's interesting are you saying catholics deny Jesus because they use what Jewish people have gone through?

  • @rjskeptic5273
    @rjskeptic52735 жыл бұрын

    You don't need a god to have a purpose in life.

  • @mariastephens8643

    @mariastephens8643

    5 жыл бұрын

    richard lawlor If God does not exist, there is nothing to look forward to beyond death. In the end we will die and it will be for nothing; what is the point? We can make up a purpose that makes us feel good and forget our inevitable death, but the only thing that gives us true purpose is the reality that God exists. Because that means we have somewhere to go, and that means there are things we have to do to get there.

  • @a.d1287

    @a.d1287

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not really..

  • @rjskeptic5273

    @rjskeptic5273

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mariastephens8643 yeah that's the only reason why you believe in your god, you want to live forever. Well it ain't going to happen darling.

  • @cayanaraycaudhuri

    @cayanaraycaudhuri

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, right. We need God not 'a god'

  • @rjskeptic5273

    @rjskeptic5273

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@cayanaraycaudhuri you might but I don't

  • @danielaorthogirl887
    @danielaorthogirl8875 жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @thaliarose8741
    @thaliarose87415 жыл бұрын

    Amen

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