Good Friday

Father Alfred Delp

We should never despair even in our darkest hours. We should remember that God shares our life, that through the Holy Spirit we can be on the most intimate terms with God and that God is always there, when outward pressure is at its worst, helping us to carry our burdens over the roughest places on our weary road. 

There is no fiber of our being that the healing Spirit cannot reach as long as we are willing to let it do its creative, healing work. It goes on in silence within us and we should remind ourselves constantly that in alliance with God we possess powers of recuperation which enable us to endure the most grievous wounds without flinching and go on meeting the demands life makes on us. We should have this inner confidence, not mere self-reliance, but because we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God is sharing his life with us.

(From Patricia: Jesus obvious knew this when he faced the end. When you read this quote keep in mind that Father Delp wrote it in a Nazi concentration camp. He was a German Jesuit priest condemned to death by the Nazis. His faith lights up his words.)