MIT Catholic Magazine Summer 2021

MIT CATHOLIC NEVER ALONE

A PUBLICATION OF THE TECH CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

SUMMER 2021

As the MIT Chapel was closed due to COVID, We celebrated Sunday Mass with parishioners at Saint Paul's, Cambridge

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Chaplain's Message

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His Beloved Daughter

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His Beloved Son

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Called to Christ

10 Soul Food 12

FOCUS MIT Send Off

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Made For Relationship

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Depending on God

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Drawing Near Christ

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Love Is the Affinity

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Meet the Pastoral Team

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Ministry Partners

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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAPLAIN Friends in Christ, You are unconditionally chosen and loved by God. God never tires of reminding us of this truth. In the month of June the reminder comes in the form of a visual; the Sacred Heart of Jesus aflame with love. Not a generic love; a personal love for each and every individual. God’s love is for all, and waits for all of us to receive it. It is God’s love - known or unknown - stirring within that drives us to seek connection with others. It is God’s dream that we respond to His love with lives that value and serve the betterment of others. In doing that we echo the loving life of Christ who came to serve, and not to be served (Mark 10:45). It is important to be clear about this “echoing of Christ.” As Catholics we are called to echo Life itself, the living God. We are not called to echo self-help concepts or mere principles of good living. We have a greater dignity than that. We have a greater purpose than that. It is the person of Christ that we are invited to allow to flourish in and through us. So that one day Saint Paul’s words might be our own; “it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”Gal 2:20 How might the world be different if all creative energy was directed by Love? How might our little part of the world be different if each day in the classroom, boardroom, or living room we tried to allow Christ’s Love drive all we say and do?

The “L” in love is capitalized on purpose as the Love we are called to unleash is the very life-redeeming reality within us - God, who is Love.

In this edition of MIT Catholic we focus on how friendship and community at MIT is illuminated and deepened by our Catholic Faith. Through the articles you will meet truly wonderful people who are allowing the Love of God to flourish in and through them confirming that in Christ we are never alone. In addition we are adding a new feature to MIT Catholic. It is a column that will offer us practical insights on how to nurture our spiritual life. In this edition Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, shares insights on the need to be still in order to allow God to love us.

If recently you haven’t looked at an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, please do so this month. God’s heart truly burns with unconditional love for you. Receive that Love, allow its truth to transform your vision, and may your heart be set a blaze with renewed love for God and neighbor.

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BEING HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER Carene Umubyeyi, MIT senior There are a handful of factors that motivated me to apply to MIT, but I think the biggest one is my interest in engineering and my desire to eventually return home and work in the construction industry to help address some of the housing and infrastructure challenges that Rwanda currently faces.

I’m really passionate about international development, construction using local and sustainable materials, and affordable housing for low-income/rural communities, and through different classes and research opportunities I’ve had both in the civil engineering department and MIT D-Lab, I’ve been able to really explore and pursue these interests which I’m very grateful for.

I’m originally from Rwanda and have lived there for most of my life, though my family also lived in Michigan for 5 years when my mom was pursuing her graduate studies and we lived in Kenya for one year before moving back to Rwanda mid-2014 when I was just starting my freshman year of high school. I stayed in Rwanda all throughout high school before returning to the US in 2018 to study at MIT. I’m currently a junior majoring in civil engineering.

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I grew up in a Catholic household, but I would say I really developed an intimate, personal relationship with Jesus halfway through my sophomore year at MIT after attending a FOCUS conference called SLS with the TCC. During the conference, there was an evening of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, and for the first time in my life, I understood that Jesus loved me for who I am as His beloved, not because of what I’ve done to earn His love. I remember afterwards talking to

Tara, one of the FOCUS missionaries who I’m currently being discipled by, and her being overjoyed because of the grace that I had received during the conference.

In addition to this very pivotal moment in my faith, the TCC has greatly impacted my spiritual growth. Through Bible studies, discipleship with the FOCUS missionaries, and other TCC retreats, I’ve been able to develop a personal prayer life and learn about what it means to be a follower of Christ and share my faith with others. I’ve also really loved developing deep and authentic friendships with others in the TCC, who also encourage me to pursue virtue and sanctity in my everyday life.

One Saint that I have been learning more about with my Bible study is St. Therese of Lisieux. As I mentioned earlier something that I struggle a lot with in my spiritual life is trying to earn God’s love, and so studying St. Therese’s spirituality is really mind-blowing for me because of how much she trusted completely in God’s love. I still have a long way to go but I’ve been really inspired by her and wish to learn from her. My favorite devotion is praying Lectio Divina with Scripture passages, often from the Gospel of John. I really enjoy this form of prayer because it allows me to spend quiet time with Jesus and journal/write down my prayers.

I went home to Rwanda when campus closed in March 2020 and stayed there until this past January. When the pandemic started, there were lockdowns and no in person Masses in Rwanda for about 3 months, which was super hard. I hadn’t realized what a privilege it was pre-pandemic to be able to gather at Mass and most importantly receive the Eucharist, the true Body and Blood of Christ. It really made me see the importance of receiving the Sacraments, and in particular, cultivating a love for the Eucharist.

I was very grateful to spend so much time with my family at home during the pandemic, but I definitely missed friends from the TCC. Thankfully, we were able to still stay in touch through Zoom hangouts, and virtual bible studies, rosary, and coffee and donuts. I still felt connected to the community even during the pandemic.

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BEING HIS BELOVED SON Keith Mokry, MIT senior

Hello, my name is Keith Mokry. I come from a small rural town: Somonauk, Illinois. From a very early age, I was fascinated by science and particularly physics, partly thanks to Carl Sagan’s Cosmos television series. I went to school in my hometown until 8th grade, after which I attended Marmion Academy, a Catholic Benedictine college preparatory school.

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Physics here at MIT can be daunting, and there have been moments where I felt like physics wasn’t the right choice for me. However, I kept coming back for the challenge, and ultimately, I knew that I loved learning the subject.

In high school, I was a very active member of all sorts of academic teams, whether it be Certamen (a Latin competition), WYSE Team, Math Team, etc.. I was also the Band President, as well as the Executive Officer of Marmion’s Junior ROTC Battalion. My last two years of high school, I participated in Cross Country, which was partially led by a monk named Fr. Paul (who is also a Lt. Col. and Chaplain in the US Army Reserves). My time in cross country with Fr. Paul positively shaped how I faced challenges that I would encounter and it helped me to see the “have-to-do’s” of life as “get-todo’s.”

I chose MIT, because, well, it was MIT. I had attractive college offers elsewhere, but I figured if I was going to study physics anywhere, it may as well be at one of the best institutions to do so. I was also drawn in by the allure of working as a licensed operator at the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, a job

that I am happy to say I have today.

Physics here at MIT can be daunting, and for my freshman self struggling through 8.012 and 8.022, there were moments where I felt like physics wasn’t the right choice for me.

However, I kept coming back for the challenge, and in my core being, I knew that I loved learning the subject. Hence, I’m a course 8 soon to enter his senior year.

My Catholic faith is important to me because I long to grow closer to Christ and to invite others to share in the joy of the Gospel. Faith keeps me grounded.

My favorite saint is St. Thomas Aquinas, my confirmation saint. St. Thomas was a brilliant man of firm faith who used reason to rigorously gird that very faith.

In moments where I doubt, I rely on the reasoning, but more importantly the example of St. Thomas Aquinas to recenter myself and believe.

These past couple months I have regularly attended daily Mass and Eucharistic adoration at the St. Francis Chapel in the Prudential Center. There is something so powerful to abiding in God’s presence. If I have frustrations, excitations, worries, whatever it may be in my life, I can take it to daily Mass and adoration, offer it up and leave with peace in my heart.

Catholic Ministry at MIT has transformed my life for the better.

Before MIT, I don’t think I ever really “got” what my faith meant to me or what sort of role it should play in my life. The Focus missionaries here at MIT and our chaplain all helped me to come to understand that the real aim of my faith journey and my life is to grow closer to Christ and to invite others to do the same. They have helped me to understand my worth as a son of God, to catch a glimpse of the wide extent of the love and mercy that God has for everyone. MIT can be a crucible of sorts, and it certainly has been for me. MIT Catholic Ministry has helped me to endure and grow amidst that crucible.

During the first weeks of the pandemic, I participated in virtual Masses and while those were okay, I began to have a yearning to return to Mass in person.

When I finally had the chance to go back to Church, the experience was stirring; seeing each of the parishioners in my home parish approaching the Eucharist with such appreciation and longing was a truly beautiful moment.

The pandemic and the initial inability to go to Mass made me that much more grateful for Mass and the Eucharist.

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CALLED TO CHRIST Elijah Miller, Class of 2020 I might be an unusual candidate to write about the Tech Catholic Community, and yet, I wouldn’t be where I am without it. I had spent my first few years at the MIT within the Jewish community, having been raised that way for much of my life to that point, but there was something I couldn’t put my finger on, I couldn’t explain at the time. I had felt a calling to Christ, and his Church. So in my senior year, I made the leap of faith in joining RCIA, and the TCC with it.

I grew up in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, and in high school MIT sounded like a fantasy. I applied anyway, intending to study mechanical engineering out of a desire to build things---especially cars---and to my surprise was accepted into the class of 2020. While attending classes, I joined the rifle team and eventually added a finance major.

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Having known little about the Church outside of what I had researched on my own, I knew little of what to expect, but the TCC provided just what I didn’t know I needed---good, orthodox community and formation within the Church. As a convert to not only the Catholic Church, but Christianity as a whole, what has helped me grow in faith the most has been the friends I met along the way, in the TCC. I had learned some of the basics already, but I truly knew nothing until I experienced the living Church.

Unfortunately, my senior year was cut short due to COVID-19, so instead of Easter Vigil, Fr. Moloney received

permission from the Archdiocese to initiate me into the Church on March 13th, 2020---the day Mass was suspended in the Archdiocese of Boston.

In the difficult period of the initial lockdowns, the TCC helped me continue good prayer habits, including the weekly rosary held over Zoom, as well as keep up with the Catholic friends I made at MIT. After graduating from MIT, I started work as an engineer at General Motors, where I currently run Hardware-InLoop (HIL) simulation for brake systems. In my first year at the company, I’ve learned a lot about vehicle systems and the software we use to test it. I enjoy working on ensuring features work safely before anyone begins driving the vehicle.

From my brief time in the TCC, I learned the importance of regular prayer life and reception of the Sacraments, so I always start my day with Mass before going to work. It always helps me keep everything ordered to God in my work. I’ve joined a local parish here in the Archdiocese of Detroit and I’m slowly becoming more involved as more and more opportunities open up as COVID restrictions begin to attenuate and social activities begin again.

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A PRAYER FOR STILLNESS

by Father Ronald Rolheiser, OMI

Be still and know that I am God. Scripture assures us that if we are still we will come to know God, but arriving at stillness is easier said than done. As Blaise Pascal once stated, “All the miseries of the human person come from the fact that no one can sit still for one hour.” Achieving stillness seems beyond us and this leaves us with a certain dilemma, we need stillness to find God, but we need God’s help to find stillness. With this in mind, I offer a prayer for stillness.

God of stillness and of quiet …

Still the restlessness of my youth: still that hunger that would have me be everywhere, that hunger to be connected to everyone, that wants to see and taste all that is, that robs me of peace on a Friday night. Quiet those grandiose dreams that want me to stand out, to be special. Give me the grace to live more contentedly inside my own skin.

Still the fever I inhale from all the energy that surrounds me, that makes my life feel small. Let me know that my own life is enough, that I need not make

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an assertion of myself, even as the whole world beckons this of me from a million electronic screens. Give me the grace to sit at peace inside my own life.

Still my sexuality, order my promiscuous desires, my lusts, my polymorphous aching, my relentless need for more intimacy. Quiet and order my earthy desires without taking them away. Give me the grace to see others without a selfish sexual color.

Still my anxiety, my heartaches, my worries, and stop me from always being outside the present moment. Let each day’s worries be sufficient onto themselves. Give me the grace to know that you have pronounced my name in love, that my name is written in heaven, that I am free to live without anxiety.

Still my unrelenting need to be busy all the time, to occupy myself, to be always planning for tomorrow, to fill every minute with some activity, to seek distraction rather than quiet. Give me themes with age. Soothe the unacknowledged anger I feel from not achieving much of what I’ve wanted in life, the failure that I feel in the face of

all that I’ve left untried and unfinished.

Still in me the bitterness that comes from failure. Save me from the jealousy that comes unbidden as I begrudgingly accept the limits of my life. Give me the grace to accept what circumstance and failure have dealt me.

Still in me the fear of my own shadow, the fear I feel in the face of the powerful, dark forces that unconsciously threaten me. Give me the courage to face my darkness as well as my luminosity. Give me the grace to not be fearful before my own complexity.

Still in me the congenital fear that I’m unloved, that I’m unlovable, that love has to be earned, that I need to be more worthy. Silence in me the nagging suspicion that I’m forever missing out, that I’m odd, an outsider, that things are unfair, and that I’m not being respected and recognized for who I am. Give me the grace to know that I’m a beloved child of a God whose love need not be earned.

Still in me my false fear of you, my propensity for a misguided piety, my need to treat you like a distant and feared dignitary rather than as a warm friend. Give me the grace to relate to you in a robust way, as a trusted friend with whom I can jest, wrestle, and relate to in humor and intimacy.

Still my unforgiving thoughts, the grudges I nurse from my past, from the betrayals I’ve suffered, from the

negativity and abuses I’ve been subject to. Quiet in me the guilt I carry from my own betrayals. Still in me all that’s wounded, unresolved, bitter, and unforgiving. Give the quiet that comes from forgiveness.

Still in me my doubts, my anxieties about your existence, about your concern, and about your fidelity. Calm inside me the compulsion to leave a mark, to plant a tree, to have a child, to write a book, to create some form of immortality for myself. Give me the grace to trust, even in darkness and doubt, that you will give me immortality.

Still my heart so that I may know that you are God, that I may know that you create and sustain my every breath, that you breathe the whole universe into existence every second, that everyone, myself no less than everyone else, is your beloved, that you want our lives to flourish, that you desire our happiness, that nothing falls outside your love and care, and that everything and everybody is safe in your gentle, caring hands, in this world and the next.

Used with permission of the author, Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser.

He can be contacted through his website, www.ronrolheiser.com.

Follow on Facebook www.facebook.com/ronrolheiser.

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FOCUS MIT SENDOFF The 2020-21 FOCUS Team gathered at Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester for a day of prayer and reflection on the past year's apostolate. Fr. Michael facilitated the renewal of the team's baptismal vows and blessed Tara, Cathy, and Greg as they set off on their separate ways for the upcoming year. The smiles tell the story of living life trusting in Christ's love. We are so grateful John Ortega will be staying on for year two!

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MADE FOR RELATIONSHIP Catherine Alex, second-year FOCUS Missionary Hello everyone! My name is Catherine Alex and I served at MIT for the past two years. I am from Boise, Idaho but my family is originally from Kerala, India. I have two younger brothers, Paul, who is 22, and Peter, who is 12.

Our father, Alex, was a physics professor and our mother, Tina, serves as the Director for Religious Education at a parish in Boise. I went to Boise State University and majored in Biology with a Human Emphasis with the plan of entering the medical field.

Growing up, my parents raised my brothers and I in the faith and they modeled for us how to live a life centered around Christ and the Catholic Church. My family went through a lot of suffering in life due to some serious illnesses and health conditions my father had. Regardless of how severe the suffering in our life was, my parents chose to allow their sufferings to unite them to our crucified Lord in His suffering. Because of my parents' witness, the Catholic Faith became the constant rock in my life. Through my family’s experience and the ways The Lord made His constant presence known to us, I learned to cling to Jesus in every season of life, and to lean into my Catholic Faith.

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When I was a sophomore in college, FOCUS was sent to our campus.

Through the missionaries’ investment in me, I learned that The Lord wanted to enter deeply into my relationship with Him and that He desired this, not only for me, but for every person in the world. During the FOCUS conference, SLS18, I was reintroduced to The Great Commision, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” (Mt 28:19-20). I was convinced of the importance of going on mission to fulfill The Lord’s Great Commission and He made it clear to me that He wanted me to do this by becoming a FOCUS missionary.

As a missionary, I lead Bible Studies and mentor students in their faith journey. Through these and other ways of investing in our students, we allow the Lord to use us as vessels for Him to reach the students we work with.

This time of pandemic has helped me understand how much I took for granted the gift of being able to celebrate Mass in a church and receive

the Eucharist daily and to do so in community. The Eucharist is a constant reminder that we are not alone, even if we’re in physical isolation, because Jesus has chosen to be closest to us. I also learned that friendship and community are vital for our faith life, especially in this time of isolation because we were not made for isolation, Our Heavenly Father made us for relationship. This time of pandemic has also made it clear to me that it is even more important for us as Catholics to fulfill The Great Commission, because now, more than ever, people are experiencing the pain of isolation and the longing for a relationship that can only be satisfied through a relationship with Jesus.

As I prepare to leave staff this summer, I will take all that the Lord has taught me at MIT, along with my many joyful memories here on campus, and continue to fulfill The Great Commission in the new ways He calls me to.

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DEPENDING ON GOD John Ortega, first-year FOCUS missionary Hello everyone! My name is John Ortega, and I am a proud native of ‘The Land,’ Cleveland, Ohio. I have a younger brother who is currently a sophomore at St. Ignatius High School (where I also attended). I majored in Health and Societies with a minor in Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.

I discerned joining FOCUS during my senior year of college after attending SLS20, one of FOCUS’ annual conferences. At the time, after reflection on my spiritual journey, I had come to realize that time and time again, God would always call me to witness to or serve Him in different ways. Whether it be through my 3-year internship with my Catholic Center and Parish at Penn, through photography, or through my academic projects, my work often gravitated towards proclaiming the beauty and truth of our Catholic faith.

God had implanted a great love and desire to serve Him, and, even though I knew that I still had a lot to grow in my relationship with Him, I strongly desired to share Christ as a missionary.

At MIT, I have the great joy to lead a bible study primarily catered towards freshmen and sophomores within the TCC. We are currently discussing the story of Salvation, which covers God’s

relationship with humanity from Adam to Jesus Himself. I meet weekly with some of the freshmen and sophomores to accompany them in their journey to imitate Christ by living out the four habits of a disciple: prayer, fellowship, Sacraments, and learning the teachings of the apostles. The goal for all things that we do through the TCC is to grow in intimacy with Jesus so that each of us may have the confidence to proclaim God to those around us.

The circumstances of the pandemic have offered me the opportunity to grow in a great community and friendship with my team and the students. Although I truly cherish the virtual activities with the students it is a reminder of how important in-person interactions are for growing in community. It always brings me great joy when I hear about students traveling to Mass or hanging out together in their pods! Additionally, throughout the week, my team spends anywhere from two to three hours together in prayer on a daily basis.

Through the intercessory prayer that we do for the students, it is a great reminder of how we are all connected through the Mystical Body of Christ and just how dependent we are on God for the work that we do as missionaries.

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DRAWING NEAR CHRIST Caitlyn Irving, MIT FOCUS Team Director much as I can because I know that God is real and what He has done for me in Jesus is worth me giving my whole life to as a response. I know that the highest good I can pursue is my relationship with God, and in the eight years since that encounter, I have seen God draw me near to Him in ways that I never imagined, sustain me through many trials and challenges, and transform my life and heart.

My name is Caitlyn Irving and I grew up in a suburb of D.C in Bowie, Maryland with my mom, dad and younger brother Stephen. I went to the University of Vermont for my undergrad, and double majored in Philosophy and Global Studies with a concentration in French.

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I decided to become a FOCUS missionary because as a student I was able to be involved as a student missionary and be equipped with the tools to deepen my faith and share it effectively with the people in my life. I loved living mission much more than being a student. Ultimately, I believed the Lord was calling me to serve as a full time missionary with FOCUS, so I accepted when the offer was extended to me. The Lord has used the past 5 years of my life as a full time missionary with FOCUS to transform me in radical ways and grow my faith in Him tremendously. He has also given me the opportunity to serve and serve alongside of many people and has allowed me to witness and be an instrument in some of the amazing ways He is drawing souls to Himself.

I have been blessed over the past 3 years to serve the mission of FOCUS as team director, and I am very excited to get to continue to serve in this capacity at MIT. The role of a team director encompasses many things but my primary goal is to make sure that the overall mission of spiritual multiplication is being executed on our campus. This includes mentoring and coaching the missionaries on my campus, making sure that we are working in union with our pastor and the campus ministry, mentoring students and many other tasks.

The primary pastoral activities that will take place this year will be, bible studies, mentoring students in discipleship and in the art of accompaniment as well as a national conference retreat called SEEK22 which will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah.

There will be many other activities and events that will be wonderful opportunities for students to attend this upcoming year, but above all my main hope for MIT this year is for the students and staff to be able to draw nearer to the heart of Jesus and come to know His merciful love. Each soul will be reached in a unique way, but I pray that God raises up many students through bible studies to share in the work of evangelization and deepen their own lives of faith as I strive to do the same.

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Love is the affinity....

“The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love. The time has come to realise that an interpretation of the universe—even a positivist one—remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior as well as the exterior of things; mind as well as matter. The true physics is that which will, one day, achieve the inclusion of man in his wholeness in a coherent picture of the world.

By means of all created things, without exception, the Divine assails us, penetrates us, and molds us. We imagined it as distant and inaccessible, when in fact we live steeped in its burning layers. We are not human beings in search of a spiritual experience. We are a spiritual beings immersed in a human experience.

Love is the most universal, the most tremendous and the most mystical of cosmic forces. Love is the primal and universal psychic energy. Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution. Love is an adventure and a conquest. It survives and develops, like the universe itself, only by perpetual discovery. Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world. Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.

What paralyzes life is lack of faith and lack of courage. The difficulty lies not in solving problems but in expressing them correctly; and we can now see that it is biologically undeniable that unless we harness passion to the service of spirit there can be no progress. Sooner or later, then, and in spite of all our incredulity, the world will take this step— because the greater truth always prevails and the greater good emerges in the end.

The day will come when, after mastering the ether, the winds, the tides, gravity, we shall master the energies of love, for God. And then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”

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