Capitulation is breaking down and falling into the temptation of despair. "I Hope" is authentic hope, wherein an alternative to despair is presented in the form of positive non-acceptance that is characterized by patience and openness to the future, openness to change and development, and most of all open to the movement of time. One can only authentically hope in the context of real captivity. We are all subject to captivity as it is our general mode of humanity. Just as we experience captivity, then also we may come to experience communion with the Thou. We only need to seek the One Good from which all the other goods in our mortal life came from. In the face of this One Good, all other goods become secondary. This is the promise of Joy given to us as a gift- the promise that upon leaving this life in the here and now, we may come to reach that fullness of Joy beyond all joys that we have never known in our human life.. through this, we come to realize that authentic hope can only apply with respect to the Thou, the transcendent Thou which is that than which nothing greater can be thought, that which is not possible to think of as not existing, that of the highest good, and that which is better to be than not to be.

"Dear God, now I know why you utter no answer. how can you reveal yourself to us? when we do not have faces..YOU yourself are the answer. Before YOU all questions die away."

"we can never understand the intent of the Thou Till we have faces in our hearts and
souls."

"and unto man enters suffering, so that [faith, hope and love] may have existence."

even though we already believe, we still seek to understand that which we already believe in. "Faith in search of Understanding" begins with the desire to communion with the Thou, and results to the realization that no matter how much you understand, there is still space for more understanding. this constitutes authentic love. the promise of joy found in this realization can be further multiplied when one experiences joy due to the joy of others. Just as suffering due to the Thou and others enter man, then also the possibility of authentic hope arises.

--mimi's own words, using memories from the ffg references: Gabriel marcel's article about hope, the novel Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis, the novel The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, and St. Anselm's Proslogion.

**Glory be to Thou in the highest, before which all questions and doubts melts away.
**Glory be to Thou in the highest, before which all fears disappear.
**Glory be to Thou in the highest, the highest good, that ONE GOOD.

***For without YOU, all life loses meaning. what is life wothout faith, hope and love? what is life in the presence of senseless repetitions and capitulation in captivity?

**Only YOU can fill the void that resides inside our selves.

-- I have no more to say.. words and words overlap each other..Teach me to never get tired

of seeking YOU, of desiring YOU, of believing in YOU.

--AMEN.