“I feel quite detached from everything, from all thought of advancement or anything else. I know I deserve nothing and I do not feel any impatience. It is true, however, that the difference between my way of seeing situations on the spot and certain ways of judging the same things in Rome, hurts me considerably; it is my only real cross. I want to bear it humbly, with great willingness to please my principal superiors, because this and nothing else is what I desire. I shall always speak the truth, but with mildness, keeping silence about what seems a wrong or injury done to myself, ready to sacrifice myself or be sacrificed. The Lord sees everything and will deal justly with me. Above all, I wish always to render good for evil, and in all things endeavor to prefer the Gospel truth to the wiles of human politics.” – Pope John XXIII
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 02:07:13 +0000