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Have you ever trusted someone with something that is very important to your life? Maybe it was difficult to find a person whom to trust. Or, maybe for some kind of reason you find it difficult to trust someone?

Maybe you needed to be comforted and never found that person whom you could share with and trust. And over the years you have never managed to find comfort, help, and guidance to your life, because of lack of trust.

For sure there are people whom one can trust to help you with your life. You need to do your part and ask for help.

Have you ever thought of the person by the name of Jesus? I know that He really can be trusted. Try and contact Him. Well, he doesn’t have a mobile or an email account to get in contact with. But you can always pray to Him for some advice about life.

Trust Him…….He will answer you!

In Peace,

George Calleja – Malta
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In my website 'Peace and unity in our lives' with the address

https://sites.google.com/site/peaceinunity

has the aim to provide inspiration and encouragement for life, and hope to people to find courage, by trusting God to be more present in their life.

In Unity

George Calleja - Malta

My main difficulty in trusting God is that I have no sense of being part of the Catholic community

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Simon

Simon,

This is surprising coming from you. I think you're a pretty important member of the Church, and you certainly are a respected member of this online community.

chris kirk

I have experienced a fantastic amount of caste hatred in the indian church-as a result I go for mass but am not a part of any church association-which is truly bad.Attitudes towards us changed only when the Archbishop suddenly appeared from my caste which is less that 2 % of the community.

I am also very angry that I had to wait for the internet before I could read and discuss my faith.Now it is the internet and not the parish priest on whom I rely to learn the truths of my faith

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Simon

Simon, there's nothing I can say, except to pray for you - and that i think well of you, as do the rest of the forum (at the risk of guessing what's on others' minds).

On persecution of Christians around the world, Rupert Shortt of the Times Literary Supplement has a book just out, reviewed in First Things :

http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/ ... h-besieged

there are some good links in it too, including John Paul's Salvifici doloris, one of my favorite documents.

chris kirk

I have enjoyed the luxury of never being persecuted in India (Goa).
The Church is Divine and has withstood persecutions. I spent some time in the coastal belt of South kanara in Karnataka which was one of the the epicenters in 2008 earlier this year .
The Church there is resilient has fine priests and the courage to to bloom in spite of it all
(archdioceses of mangalore,udupi)
What I have missed in my teenage and early adulthood is people in the know of Church Documents .
The internet provides unlimited resources today
There is a lot of difference to me between a person who actively reads about the faith and one who is a Sunday Catholic-
Blaming others for my ignorance in this age of the internet is wrong-Thanks very much for keeping me in your prayers
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I have to admit that I am very angry with whats going on Pakistan/Afghanistan-I do feel that these countries will self destruct.Anyone who attacks Catholics is in a very bad shape himself.

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Simon

Simon,

A very long time ago I read about the caste system and the Church in India and how the church let it permeate how it treated people in various castes but I was left with the impression that the church was eliminating the problem. Are you saying that what caste you are in effects how fellow church members and priests treat you? How about Indian society as a whole...isn't it illegal to discriminate on caste or does it still routinely happen?

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Valerie Garcia
vals1990@yahoo.com

"Listen, O my son, to the precepts of thy master, and incline the ear of thy heart, and cheerfully receive and faithfully execute the admonitions of thy loving Father, that by the toil of obedience thou mayest return to Him ....." St. Benedict

The caste system in India is on its way out.The Church is eliminating the problem.
eg In Goa where I come from certain feasts a were celebratred by certain castes only(gaunkars)
In Church processions castes did not walk together
This was about 40 years back.About 10 years ago processions were abolished

lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2005-June/116538.html

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I am a bamon so had some misunderstanding when I visited the church given my bad habit of asking questions,wanting to read discuss the faith
With the internet things have changed for me-but i may never feel part of a community
This against our archbishop
ww.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg92507.html

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Simon

India has one billion plus people so one cannot generalize .It does happen routinely unless there is an authority that checks it.
Some companies would routinely transfer their staff so that groups don't form based on outdated thinking .One would find the caste system strong in the backward parts of the country not in the metros.Th Catholic church is a leader in demolishing the caste system and while there is resentment like in the article above,I personally feel that everyone has an equal chance today.
The majority of seminarians today in Goa are sudras which is the majority caste also.

http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@list ... 92507.html

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Simon