They told how the pagans had been converted.
And this news was received with the greatest satisfaction.
By God, they knew they never would be deserted.
Theirs was not a belief based on abstraction.The letters of Dionysius were read at mass .
Explaining that as Christians they followed local customs.
They were people of heaven, voyaging through a spiritual pass.

They were not part of the usual temporal systems.

And thus we are part of society.
Yet set apart , looking to another world.

In all our variegated variety.

Young or old, smooth  or gnarled.

The early church was prepared for martyrdom.

Our own beliefs and courage are more random.

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Part society

And part people of heaven

In variety

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See Acts 1-6