preface

" We tried to get the established Church to see that it's not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that life might truly experience the glory of' life through intensification of' consciousness and intensification of' engagement. The hope that is God 's hope belongs to humanity. The joy that is unspeakable is of the Lord. The peace that passeth understanding is yours-on loan from God, of' course. I hope it breaks through its provincialism of' defending the doctrine of' Church members into concern for all humanity which will save the Church and purify it."

Joseph Wesley Mathews to Msgr. John Egan

October 13, 1977