The Goods Of The Earth Are Meant

Dear Parents, Have Great Patience, And Forgive From The Depths Of Your Heart.

We Need To 'go Out,' Then, In Order To Experience Our Own Anointing, Its Power And Its Redemptive Efficacy: To The 'outskirts' Where There Is Suffering, Bloodshed, Blindness That Longs For Sight, And Prisoners In Thrall To Many Evil Masters.

The Blood Of Our Christian Brothers And Sisters Is A Testimony Which Cries Out To Be Heard By Everyone Who Can Still Distinguish Between Good And Evil.

The Eucharist, Although It Is The Fullness Of Sacramental Life, Is Not A Prize For The Perfect But A Powerful Medicine And Nourishment For The Weak.

Following Jesus Means Taking Up One's Own Cross To Accompany Him On His Path, An Uncomfortable Path That Is Not One Of Success Or Earthly Glory, But Which Leads To True Freedom, The Freedom From Selfishness And Sin.