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In the recent upheavals that have taken place all around us, i am more at peace than i have ever been about the storms that may come. It is a note from experience, a true and tested response to the hills and valleys that characterize our pilgrimage up this holy mountain. We have never had a straightforward ascent. Let me put that in clearer terms: we cannot see all of the road so it seems winding to us.

It is probably the straightest line in the universe even though it does not feel that way. We rage against the things we do not anticipate but the truth is, these things are not in the way, they are part of the way. We are on a defined road to something grand. There is no doubt about this. We must always remember that our journey is curved by the divine hands and creator of everything we call life. We will not slip into the abyss. The glory road is tested and true.

And when we are faced with these powerful and honest waves of fear and doubt, we must not deny it or pretend there is nothing there. Pain is pain and fear is fear. We believe in things above the fear and doubt and present pain but we are in present disarray. Let us remember, now more than ever, the simple call, the most basic line of our faith and how to follow.

The lord is my shepherd…