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# "He who walks in love can neither go astray nor be afraid"
- URL: https://joshualore.com/inthemiddleway/from-my-friend-peter-nguyen-sj-yesterday/
- Published: 2015-12-27T13:49:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T05:01:20.000Z
- Author: Joshua Lore
- Tags: Uncategorized, #Migrated-1788408094757, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-03 00:01

From my friend Peter Nguyen, SJ (yesterday):

“Today is the Feast of St. Stephen, the 1st martyr. The gift of the Christmas holiday is not a flight from the world, but a call to bear witness to Christ and to a deeper responsibility in the world, even at the cost of one’s life. Such a paradoxical "liberation” is elucidated by this contemporary depiction of the stoning of Stephen \[painting by Peter Webb, 2013\]. His looking at us reveals a testimony that refuses to be forced into conformity.

“From St Fulgentius of Ruspe, the Armour of Love: ‘Love, indeed, is the source of all good things; it is an impregnable defence,- and the way that leads to heaven. He who walks in love can neither go astray nor be afraid: love guides him, protects him, and brings him to his journey’s end.’”