Page 38 - 2nd Sword of Gilead Interior

The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

On another occasion many years ago, my
very close friend, a Deacon, moved to Melbourne
and ordained to the priesthood. This was his
greatest love and his reason for his existence. Over
the years, we kept in touch periodically by phone.
One evening he called me and we chatted about
his ministry when he mentioned his admiration
for Archbishop Emmanuel Malingo.
The name rang a bell and I asked if that
was the same Archbishop silenced by the Vatican
for performing his tribal witchcraft healing
services in his diocese? Upon hearing my
question, my friend flew into a rage, “Curse you for
saying that about this holy man of God!” and
continued his condemnation of me for a while
longer.
I put the phone down and wept in fear of
his soul. Everything in me knew he was in danger
of losing his soul and so I wept on and off in my
studio until after dawn when my workday began.
It would be true to say that, I fought my anger at
the insult during those terrible hours.
For about four years, I had a deep
loneliness in my heart for this man. This strange
loneliness persisted until finally, one day recently
I could resist no longer and decided to contact him
and tell him how he hurt me and that I loved him
and forgave him for the curse. I called the
Superior General of the Religious Order to which
he belonged.
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