God Understands Us, He Waits For Us.

In Some Countries, If You Carry The Gospel, You Can Go To Jail. You Can't Carry A Cross, Because You'll Have To Pay A Fine. But Still, The Heart Rejoices.

Advent Increases Our Hope, A Hope Which Does Not Disappoint. The Lord Never Lets Us Down.

The Great Challenge Facing Us Today Is To Learn Once Again How To Talk To One Another, Not Simply How To Generate And Consume Information. The Latter Is A Tendency Which Our Important And Influential Modern Communications Media Can Encourage. Information Is Important, But It Is Not Enough. All Too Often Things Get Simplified, Different Positions And Viewpoints Are Pitted Against One Another, And People Are Invited To Take Sides, Rather Than To See Things As A Whole.

As Always, The Ones Who Aren't Saints Make The Most Noise...a Single Tree Falling Makes A Sound, But A Whole Forest Growing Doesn't.

Holy Week Challenges Us To Step Outside Ourselves So As To Attend To The Needs Of Others: Those Who Long For A Sympathetic Ear, Those In Need Of Comfort Or Help. We Should Not Simply Remain In Our Own Secure World, That Of The Ninety-nine Sheep Who Never Strayed From The Fold, But We Should Go Out, With Christ, In Search Of The One Lost Sheep, However Far It May Have Wandered.