Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is a game position in chess (and in other board games of the chaturanga family) in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture) and there is no way to remove the threat. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.
it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
âWe rely on the power of God, who has saved us and called us to holiness.â. From the song We Rely on the Power of God â Richard Hillert. Much changed for us in 2002 when the media broke the news that the sexual abuse of children had been taking place in our Church and hidden from us. Protecting us from scandal led only to a larger, more catastrophic scandal for millions. There is no way around this fact.