A Gift of Joy and HopeThis is Christian hope: the certainty of walking towards something that exists, not something I hope might be there. In response to the devastating loss the world faced during the pandemic, Pope Francis was inspired to write a book to help people find hope and meaning. God is joyful, he writes. And God's compassion is no less than the deepest expression of God's joy, and the heart of all Christian preaching. The liberating revolution of the Gospel is