Godforsaken

"Jesus dies as head of the Mystical Body. Hence all the experiences we have which we find hard to describe or communicate to others, that is to say, which we identify as abandonment, anguish, loneliness, isolation, lack of faith, of hope and of love in God--all this is a way for us towards knowing Christ... Thus Jesus, even in his abandonment, shows himself to be our friend, revealing to us who we are and through what mysterious underground passages we may come to knowledge of God and freedom of heart."

Carlo Cardinal Martini, Promise fulfilled