We Are All One Body, We Are

The Theoretician Of The Marxist Revolution In Cuba Certainly Wasn't Castro. It Was Don Carlos Rafaelo Rodriguez. He Was The Theoretician And Very Often People Say He Will Take Over. But I Don't Believe It. I Think That It's A Very Good Combination - The Catholic Man Working Together With A Man Like That Who Has Everything Pretty Well Planned.

"how Can You See Christ In People?" And We Only Say: It Is An Act Of Faith, Constantly Repeated. It Is An Act Of Love, Resulting From An Act Of Faith. It Is An Act Of Hope, That We Can Awaken These Same Acts In Their Hearts, Too, With The Help Of God.

Whatever I Had Read As A Child About The Saints Had Thrilled Me. I Could See The Nobility Of Giving One's Life For The Sick, The Maimed, The Leper. But There Was Another Question In My Mind. Why Was So Much Done In Remedying The Evil Instead Of Avoiding It In The First Place? Where Were The Saints To Try To Change The Social Order, Not Just To Minister To The Slaves, But To Do Away With Slavery?

One Of The Disconcerting Facts About The Spiritual Life Is That God Takes You At Your Word.

We Have All Probably Noted Those Sudden Moments Of Quiet - Those Strange And Almost Miraculous Moments In The Life Of A Big City When There Is A Cessation Of Traffic Noise - Just An Instant When There Is Only The Sound Of Footsteps Which Serves To Emphasize A Sudden Peace. During Those Seconds It Is Possible To Notice The Sunlight, To Notice Our Fellow Humans, To Take Breath.