LITURGY
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those who have been surprised again and again on the road to the future, death can be brought into the center of life and overcome. They are free to Jose their lives in the hope of finding them; to break out of the dead end of stagnated liturgy and repetition by burying the old when its time has come, and working to give form and action to the new. This is yet to be accomplished completely. The price we may have to pay to achieve peace, to share and to live it will at times be great. But, in this framework, it is possible to contemplate and accept the loss of that which we most cherish, even though we do not yet know for sure what will take its place. The willing acceptance of the agony of creation takes the place of the security of the old passive stabilities: and those who have no future or give up the future already guaranteed for them, turn out to be the ones who are free to create a new tomorrow-a peace-filled tomorrow!