“For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.”
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“I always wanted to be a priest and missionary. But God has always caught me off guard. I am nostalgic for what I left behind, but I accepted everything without bitterness and never got my head in the various roles I took on. Personally, I would have preferred to go on the mission, but the Pope asked me to be a missionary here in Setúbal. The mission today is in Europe and a challenge for the Church.”
Source: Making the church a laboratory of humanization https://www.dehoniani.org/en/making-the-church-a-laboratory-of-humanization/ (9 November 2020)
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