Serving Church and the poor of his neighbourhood, Lawrence was tortured to death by the State. Barbequed. Think about it. Dare to, at least. Pick up a newspaper and recognise modern torture: killings, war, famine victims left to fend for themselves, violence everywhere. My eyes water and i know people are worse than animals, for animals simply hunt and kill to eat, they mate and run from enemies. This particularly human desire to inflict methodical, senseless pain proves to me that there is Evil, not in nature, but in the darkest hearts of tormented men, where hate rules and fear abides.
Nevertheless, we are asked to forgive and endure, to embrace and love.
To follow the Christ, we are asked to be like Him.
No easy task. Perhaps the greatest task that shall be asked of me. Pass on it? Turn away and ignore insanity? Busy myself with distractions such as greed, gluttony and lust? No easy task to follow Christ and his apostles. But then, do i have something better to do?
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