"...matters of life and death..."

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

My husband and I have been blessed by letters from Brother Philip Anderson, Abbot at Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek Abbey. This past week, we received a very good assessment and an encouragement from him, in which he stated:

…Indeed the vote in Ireland was about more than just Ireland. It was about matters of life and death that continue to concern the entire world….

Abbot Anderson also quoted from a homily delivered at Chartes Cathedral in France (just a few days before the Irish referendum). His Eminence Robert Cardinal Sarah addressed the same issue, referring to the words of St. John in his Gospel:

The light has come into the world, and men have preferred darkness (Jn 3:19)
…Let’s look around us! Western society