My friend and passionate reader Natalie Long just finished The Prison Meditations of Fr Alfred Delp and shared with me the following passage from the book. Pass it on!
It remains only for me to thank a great many people for their help and loyalty and belief in me, and for the love they have shown me. First and foremost my brothers in the [Jesuit] Order who gave me a genuine and beautiful vision of life. And the many sincere people I was privileged to meet. I remember very clearly the times when we were able to meet freely and discuss the tasks in front of us. Do not give up, ever. Never cease to cherish the people in your hearts – the poor forsaken and betrayed people who are so helpless. For in spite of all their outward display and loud self-assurance, deep down they are lonely and frightened. If through one man’s life there is a little more love and kindness, a little more light and truth in the world, then he will not have lived in vain.
