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Catholic News Herald

Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina

Lauretta BrownThough I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

I recently took up the account of one priest who faced the reality of death and suffering in brutal prisons and learned to “fear no evil.”

worner“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

In the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke we are introduced to the Virgin Mary. As the archangel Gabriel brilliantly illuminated the small and simple room, he told the young girl of fantastical things to come. The first words uttered in response by the trembling Christ-bearer, the young Mother of the Church, were “How can this be?”