Hope, this Sunday's texts, and John Paul II

I'm thinking of preaching this Sunday about hope, the need for humans thereof, and therefore the response of the world to the death of the Pope (understood, the media's need for a story has something to do with how the response is reported and fanned).

But it seems to me that the response has something to do with how hopeful the man was, and how hope was rekindled with his words, yea even resurrected, in Eastern Europe and all over the world.

Of course, you cannot have hope without something to hope in - and this week's resurrection text from Luke is all about hope rekindled. From "we had hoped he was the one to redeem Israel" to "Were not our hearts burning within us..." after a walk and a meal.

What would the world be like if our hope was in God, and specifically in Christ's resurrection? What would our lives be like if we viewed them through the lens of this hope?

These are just some rough ideas, at this point...all are subject to change.