http://passionistcharism.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/2008-good-friday/ The Australian Passionists prepare to welcome the Youth of the World Thu, 15 May 2008 13:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://passionistcharism.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/2008-good-friday/#comment-668 Mary O'Brien Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:26:31 +0000 http://passionistcharism.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/2008-good-friday/#comment-668 I've read this many times since it was first posted ..and each time it seems 'fresh' and very relevant to some situation I've just encountered or heard of.....as I read it this evening I am so conscious of a friend who is realising he may have entered the 'end stage' of a disease he has carried for 5 years; also this weekend on radio in Ireland many of us heard an interview with a well known journalist who has cancer and who, in a very honest and articulate interview, expressed the utter despair and fear and anger she feels at this time....a terrible emptiness ...... I have never before heard such 'darkness' coming from another. How to make this Good Friday piece 'real' is the challenge. I’ve read this many times since it was first posted ..and each time it seems ‘fresh’ and very relevant to some situation I’ve just encountered or heard of…..as I read it this evening I am so conscious of a friend who is realising he may have entered the ‘end stage’ of a disease he has carried for 5 years; also this weekend on radio in Ireland many of us heard an interview with a well known journalist who has cancer and who, in a very honest and articulate interview, expressed the utter despair and fear and anger she feels at this time….a terrible emptiness …… I have never before heard such ‘darkness’ coming from another. How to make this Good Friday piece ‘real’ is the challenge.

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