The Manger of No Hope: How True Hope is Born in Obscurity

A hope that sees is a false hope.

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After the company lost Gandalf in Moria, Aragorn exclaimed,

‘Farewell, Gandalf !’ he cried. ‘Did I not say to you: if you pass the doors of Moria, beware? Alas that I spoke true! What hope have we without you?’ He turned to the Company. ‘We must do without hope.’

“We must do without hope” is the essence of all true hope. True hope is when we…