Exam N° 2 | Hope with St. James - Paradise XXV

Welcome to Heaven's Academic Showdown! 📚✨

Buckle up for Dante's cosmic final exams as he faces the divine theological trivia night in Paradise's eighth heaven! 🌟 Fresh off his Faith exam with Saint Peter, our medieval scholar now gets grilled by Saint James on Hope—and let me tell you, this isn't your average Sunday school quiz! Dante nails his definition of Hope as "the certain expectation of future glory," proving that even 700 years ago, optimism required homework! 💪

But wait, there's more! Enter Saint John the Evangelist with lighting so intense it literally blinds Dante—talk about making an entrance! 💥 Poor Dante tries to look at Beatrice for comfort and realizes he's gone full Helen Keller, creating the epic "I can't see you but I still love you" moment! 😍 This divine blindness isn't punishment but preparation, because sometimes you've got to lose your sight to gain true vision!

The brilliant irony? After journeying from the spiritual blindness of the "dark forest" in Hell to this temporary physical blindness in Paradise, Dante shows us that the path to enlightenment sometimes requires stepping backwards to leap forward! 🔄 It's like cosmic rehab—you've got to hit rock bottom before you can truly soar! Saint John reassures him that Beatrice will restore his sight, because apparently in Heaven, love really does conquer all! 👀 #DivineComedy #LifeLessons #BlindedByTheLight