A Sojourner's Quest

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So, teach us to give voice to your new life throughout all the world.

Because you dry the tears from the eyes of the oppressed forever . . . And death will disappear . . .

*Jesuit Father Luis Espinal was assassinated March 22, 1980, in La Paz, Bolivia, by paramilitary forces. He wrote this meditation shortly before his death. Reprinted by permission of the National Catholic Reporter. Rueben P. Job and Norman Shawchuck, A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and other Servants , p. 333.