Heaven is our eternal home, where God our Father waits for us. Hope helps us to stop relying on our own strength, and to place our lives in God's hands. It keeps our spiritual chin up when times are difficult, and gives us stability and peace in a restless world. The anchor is again a very good symbol, because hope is a Christian anchor, to stop us drifting along through life. Finally, there is 'charity', or love.
Charity comes from the word 'caritas', which is the highest form of love.
Caritas is love unadulterated by sentimental feelings or self-congratulation. It is a very pure love, which is long-lasting. If you remember, we described in Leaflet 11 the real 'heart' of a human being - his very core, and the seat of his will. Caritas comes from there, where sometimes love is the hardest thing in the world to live out. Caritas is the driving force of Christian living - loving God, loving our neighbour as ourselves.