"Let’s let so many brothers and sisters writes card. Zen Ze-Kiun who are distant in space and time be spiritually present amidst us tonight. Probably today they have experienced in their bodies the Passion of Jesus more than we have. In their flesh, Jesus has been arrested anew, slandered, tortured, laughed at, dragged, crushed under the weight of the cross and nailed to that wood like a criminal. Obviously, there’s not only us at the Coliseum tonight. All the «living martyrs» of the twenty-first century are present in the heart of the Holy Father and in our hearts". According to the bishop of Hong-Kong, "as we think of persecution, we think of the persecutors as well. In drawing up the text of these meditations, I was so scared when I felt I am not too Christian. I had to make a great effort to purge myself of my unloving feelings for those people who made Jesus suffer and those who are making our brothers suffer in today’s world. Only when I put myself in front of my sins and my unfaithfulness, I managed to see myself amidst the persecutors and I could be consumed with repentance and gratitude for the forgiveness of the Merciful Master". For the full texts of the meditations, visit www.vatican.va.
