Faith is a clinging to God

Faith is not simply a matter of man’s intellectual assent to truths about God; it is an act whereby I freely entrust myself to a God who is a Father and who loves me; it means clinging to a “Thou” who gives me hope and confidence.  ~Pope Benedict XVI, 10/24/12 General Audience

You are my hope, O Lord,
my confidence from my youth.
My soul clings to You.
~Psalm 71:5; 63:8