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, on the supposition of friendship or charity towardsothers), one can hope for them; for love makes a person regard the goodof others as his own. , in similar circumstances could read aforbidden book in order to be able to refute it. --TheSacrament of Penance (2727, 2728). moresubtle .

--There are two sins contrary to hope: (a)despair, which is the opposite of hope by defect; (b) presumption,which is the opposite of hope by excess. hen one does not wish to believe, or to believe so readily, on theword of God alone, but feels one must call in other testimony tosupport it. ation inreligious services, since these are not only acts of worship, but alsoexpressions of faith in the creed of a certain religion. A stride to the Prime Radiant, and the walls wereblank again save for the ordinary room-lighting region along the upperborders.