I heard the voice of John the Baptist crying in the wilderness: “Repent and be converted, already the axe is laid to the root of the tree. Any tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” What is good fruit? It can only be one thing. It can only be love. If love is killed and replaced by hatred there is no room for God’s love. There is no life that can survive death, no future, only darkness. This is what causes Christ such suffering today. He has not just shared our human existence. He belongs to the human race and the human race belongs to him. He shares every joy and every sorrow. He loves with all his being, that of a man and that of God. Each one he counts as his own, as his special friend, as his beloved. From the beginning he crea