I'm very sorry about that last. I'm not familiar with this keyboard.

Peace be with you, or as we say here, Pax vobiscum.

The Abbot has given me a few moments on the Monastery's Internet link, as he does all of those here. We are cloistered and of Strict Observance, but we need to know what happens in the World so that we can pray for the good.

I, who was once Shane McBride, bring you greetings from Madagascar! The flight over was long, but I found it a good time to examine my conscience, pray, and think about God and His goodness and how my past life caused Him pain. And yet He gave His Son so that I could be saved. That is Love, unselfish Love. And where Love prevails, there is God. I know that Love prevails among those here, even that one who would pretend to be the "old me." And I forgive him and will pray for his repentance.

My time is up and I must go.

Yours in God's Love,
Bro. Crispin Fiacre, OCSO