HE CONTINUED: “THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST HAS BROUGHT FORTH GOOD FRUIT THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES, AND IT IS STILL DOING SO TODAY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE THE TRUTH... WE MUST BE AFRAID OF ONLY ONE THING IN OUR LIFE -- BETRAYING JESUS FOR THE FEW SILVER COINS OF BARREN QUIETUDE."
CARDINAL WYSZYNSKI SAID, “THE GREATEST SHORTCOMING OF AN APOSTLE IS FEAR, BECAUSE IT INSPIRES DOUBT IN THE POWER OF THE MASTER, CRAMPS THE HEARTS, AND STRANGLES THE VOICE. THE APOSTLE NO LONGER PROFESSES. IS HE STILL AN APOSTLE? THE DISCIPLE WHO ABANDONS THE MASTER NO LONGER PROFESSES FAITH IN HIM. THEY ENCOURAGED THE EXECUTIONERS. ANYONE WHO REMAINS SILENT BEFORE HIS ENEMIES EMBOLDENS THEM. AN APOSTLE'S FEAR IS THE PRIMARY ALLY OF AN ENEMY'S CAUSE. IN A STRATEGY TOWARD GODLESSNESS, THE TERROR THAT IS PRACTICED BY ALL DICTATORSHIPS DRAWS ITS EFFECTIVENESS FROM THE TIMIDITY OF THE APOSTLES. THE FIRST GOAL IS TO FORCE ONE INTO SILENCE THROUGH FEAR. SILENCE HAS ITS APOSTOLIC SIGNIFICANCE ONLY WHEN I DO NOT SHRINK FROM MY OPPRESSORS. THIS IS WHAT THE SILENT CHRIST DID, AND BY THIS SIGN HE REVEALED HIS COURAGE. CHRIST DID NOT ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE TERRORIZED. WHEN HE WENT FORTH TO MEET THE RABBLE, HE SAID OPENLY, “IT IS I".
HE CONTINUED: “THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST HAS BROUGHT FORTH GOOD FRUIT THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES, AND IT IS STILL DOING SO TODAY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE THE TRUTH... WE MUST BE AFRAID OF ONLY ONE THING IN OUR LIFE -- BETRAYING JESUS FOR THE FEW SILVER COINS OF BARREN QUIETUDE."
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