The Pope underlined that this certainty, that arrives almost at the moment of the end of life "is Christian hope". This hope is a gift, and "we cannot have it", we must ask for it: "Lord, give me hope". There are many ugly things that lead us to despair, to believe that everything will be a final defeat, that after death there is nothing, said the Pope, "but the voice of Job returns."

Pope Francis went on to explain that Paul told us that hope does not disappoint. Hope attracts us and gives meaning to life. Hope is God's gift that draws us towards life, towards eternal joy. Hope is an anchor that we have on the other side: we sustain ourselves by clinging onto its rope. I know that my Redeemer is alive and I will see him, and this must be repeated it in moments of joy and in moments of trial, in moments of death.