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who despise us, and let us become SOCIAL CRED-
ITERS.
With what they have taught us, let us imitate
their good examples – I stress the “good” examples,
because they also go to confession, good – let us
imitate the good examples of the Pilgrims of Saint
Michael and become SOCIAL CREDITERS.
Let us imitate them – Africans, pay attention –
let us imitate the courage of these pilgrims who are
consumed by this fire, before we can become en-
flamed, this fire has already consumed them and
continues to consume them – and let us become
SOCIAL CREDITERS.
Let us open our ears to the urgings of the Holy
Spirit to assume our own involvement, our engage-
ment, in short, our witness, and become SOCIAL
CREDITERS.
Let us open our eyes, look, evaluate, plan, pro-
duce and partake: let us become SOCIAL CREDITERS. Mrs. Adeline Fouegoum, a lawyer of Cameroon,
gives an artefact of her country to Mr. Alain Pilote,
Be aware of the importance of prayer! Jesus, editor of MICHAEL and professor of the week of study.
Son of God, would often retire to pray, and He chose
His disciples after a night of prayer. As you have
become Social Crediters, watch out! Our spiritual Satan was defeated on Golgotha, but he is still
director spoke to us of a priest, in the event of an flapping about to trick us… what are you afraid of?
ideology that I do not want to quote to publicize it, The head has already been cut off! It is what we call
that said: “My brothers, why the Morning Prayer a spasm: the body continues to move even if there
when the poor await us!” His colleagues replied: is nothing left. I am from Port-Gentil, where there
“My friend, let us pray first, and then leave.” “No!” are fish. A fish just out of the water, if you cut his
he replied, etc. And the spiritual director com- head quickly, he will continue to move even if he no
mented: “He was so taken by the poor that his Faith longer has a head. In the same way the enemy was
was eaten up and he left the defeated by the Cross …
priesthood, while the others My friends, it is not neces-
prayed and continued to serve sary that we go over everything
the poor.” That is to say: pray, that the Excellencies have told
pray, pray, and let us commit you. I will simply tell you that
ourselves. I am happy to be here, and we
We have been told: “Do not would be tempted to say, like
be afraid!” I have one more St. Peter: “Let us erect three
story so that you will not be tents here, one for you Jesus,
afraid. You all know this sound, and one for Moses and one for
Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a- Elias”, but Jesus said: no, we
doodle-doo! As a young villa- must go down.
ger, I participated in the decapi- Therefore we must neces-
tation of the roosters. When a sarily return home...credit, is
rooster is decapitated, we can the renewed confidence in God
let him go, while still holding the head in our hands, always Immortal. God does not die! Therefore you
and the headless rooster continues to flap about have the credit: God is IMMORTAL! And renewing
every which way. To see how the rooster moves, confidence in God always Immortal, that is called
we could believe him alive, and I can assure you, CREDIT! I thank you!
since there is still some blood coming out, those Diligere Deum ut Diligatur. Love God so He will
who see that the head of the rooster is in the hands be loved.
of him who cut it, they run from the rooster that is + Mathieu M.L.
still moving… Bishop of Port Gentil

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