The Crucifix
In his July letter, the Father suggests: “On your desk or in some inconspicuous place that nobody notices, you perhaps place your CRUCIFIX to awaken in you a contemplative spirit and to act as a textbook for your mind and soul where you learn the lessons of service.” (Friends of God, 67)
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In several news channels, we’re told the sad news that the European Court of Human Rights “found that the exhibition of a crucifix in the classroom of a public school violated the rights of (secularist) parents to educate children according to their own philosophical convictions, as well as the religious liberty of those parents’ children”. :-( ”What we are again seeing is a monolithic European court overreaching into the sovereign affairs of a nation that simply wants to manage cultural issues according to its own laws. … That reason together with the considerable concerns over the protection of religious liberty from outside courts are why Italy’s case is so important and why its appeal, currently in motion, should prevail.”
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A friend of ours has gone around encouraging his friends to put up the Cross once again, especially in places where it’s been taken away. You might want to join him in doing the same…
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This is what we should bear in oor daily work and activities.
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