Romans 15:13

I Believe

• §162Article 1 · I BelieveRead at vatican.va

  “To live, grow and persevere in the faith until the end we must nourish it with the word of God; we must beg the Lord to increase our faith; it must be "working through charity," abounding in hope, and rooted in the faith of the Church.” — Catechism footnote: Gal 5:6; Rom 15:13; cf. Jas 2:14-26

In the Age of the Church

• §2627Article 3 · In the Age of the ChurchRead at vatican.va

  “TWO fundamental forms express this movement: our prayer ascends in the Holy Spirit through Christ to the Father - we bless him for having blessed us; it implores the grace of the Holy Spirit that descends through Christ from the Father - he blesses us.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Cor 13:14; Rom 15:5-6, 13; Eph 6:23-24.

At the Wellsprings of Prayer

• §2657Article 1 · At the Wellsprings of PrayerRead at vatican.va

  “As St. Paul prayed: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope."” — Catechism footnote: Rom 15:13.

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.6Book IV

  “If, then, this God, to whom we bear witness, be as He is, the God of hope, we acknowledge our hope, speeding on to hope, “saturated with goodness, filled with all knowledge.”” — editor's note: Instead of μέγιστοι, read from Rom. xv. 13, 14, μεστοί.

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• Psalm 40:2

  Cited together in Catechism §2657.