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A longing heart...

I just feel the pressure of anxiety and uncertainty - the more I realize the importance of God - Christ risen. If only I can have a little piece of shalom - the peace Christ promised and 'caritas' - His love. A heart longing ... - Christus " VATICAN CITY, APRIL 16, 2006 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI made an Easter plea for peace in the name of the resurrection of Jesus, particularly in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. After celebrating Easter Mass today, and before imparting the blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city of Rome and the world), the Pope read a message for "this modern age marked by anxiety and uncertainty." The Holy Father said: "Jesus is risen, and he gives us peace; he himself is peace. For this reason the Church repeats insistently: 'Christ is risen -- "Christós anésti."' Let the people of the third millennium not be afraid to open their hearts to him. "His Gospel totally quenches the thirst for peace

Am I a Brook?

"I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. ..... I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses; I linger by my shingly bars; I loiter round my cresses; And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever." - Alfred Lord Tennyson - The Brook So true. In my pursuit to survive, to excel, to live, to progress - so many have come, so many have gone but few things keep me going. They are Lumen Caritas Logos I will keep searching to unravel the mystery that made me - I hope oneday, I will endup unraveling the mysterious one.