“To realize the true meaning of Brotherhood it
should be written not on the walls, but in the heart. There is a beautiful
reciprocity of feeling in the different relations of life where all are united
in one great love in him who sacrificed his life for us, our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ! If only everyone could feel this, how perfect would be the
harmony on earth!”—St. Theophane Venard (1829-1861), French Catholic missionary
and martyr in Indo-China, in a letter to his brother Henry, quoted in Life
of J. Théophane Vénard, Martyr in Tonquin; or, What Love Can Do, translated
by Lady Mary Elizabeth Herbert (1870)
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