text: Monica, you do have a way with words. I know many who believe this way, and they are very hard to deal with since they already know how everybody else should conduct their lives, have no room for mystery and the Spirit, and following church laws is more important than responding to the Gospel. The leap of faith is vital, but it is hard to convince some folks or even talk about it with them. This coming week is our diocesan confession night for all parishes, and my homilies this weekend will be about sin. I suspect some folks will be upset. Faith, in the sense of believing in Jesus, is a gift already given that we can choose to trust in or not. While we can't move the system, we can choose how to live our own life. I'm coming to see the Ignatian Examen in a new and profound light this Lent. E la pace di Quaresima anche a Lei.