The Passion of the Church

If the word has not converted,
it will be blood that converts.
—ST. JOHN PAUL II, from poem “Stanislaw“

I have felt drawn deeply into the Passion of Jesus these days, or more precisely, into the silence of His Passion. There reached a point when He was surrounded by so much division, so much rancour, so much accusation and betrayal, that words could no longer speak or pierce hardened hearts. Only His Blood could carry His voice and complete His mission

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Witnesses in the Night of Our Faith

Jesus is the only Gospel: we have nothing further to say
or any other witness to bear.
—POPE JOHN PAUL II
Evangelium Vitae, n. 80

All around us, the winds of this Great Storm have begun to beat down upon this poor humanity. The sad parade of death led by the rider of the Second Seal of Revelation who “takes peace away from the world” (Rev 6:4), boldly marches through our nations. Whether it is through war, abortion, euthanasia, the poisoning of our food, air, and water or the pharmakeia of the powerful, the dignity of man is being trodden beneath the hooves of that red horse… and his peace robbed. It is the “image of God” that is under assault.

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