On Feb 2 1945 German Jesuit Fr. Alfred Delp was hanged as an enemy of the Reich. A former student of Karl Rahner, he was permitted to make his final vows in prison. In chains, under constant surveillance, he wrote meditations on Advent and the future of humanity.
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"In the course of these last long weeks life has become suddenly much less rigid...Things are clearer and at the same time more profound. Above all God has become almost tangible. Things I have always known and believed now seem so concrete; I believe them but I also live them."
"One thing is clear. I must surrender myself completely. This is seed-time, not harvest. God sows the seed and some time or other he will do the reaping. The one thing I must do is make sure the seed falls in fertile ground. And I must arm myself against pain and depression....
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"If this is the way God has chosen, then I must willingly and without rancor make it my way. May others at some future time find it possible to have a better and happier life because we died in this hour of trial."
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