Witnesses to Hope is close to its 1000th post.  This is the first post I ever put up.  I think the reasons are obvious.

BE NOT AFRAID! (John Paul II, October 16, 1978 and many, many times afterward . . .)

“We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his son, Jesus.” (WYD 2002, Toronto)