Dear friends of Fr. Benedict,

From Trinity Retreat

Sunday July 18, 2004

The world of the Internet is a complete mystery to me. Only recently I saw its very powerful influence when I received over 40,000 e-mail messages promising prayers and wishing me a good recovery. Unfortunately, however, I am told that much of the material on the Internet is pornographic, even shockingly pornographic. The statistics on this are almost unbelievable. The problem is that this brings into a home the very worst and most scandalous material.
Americans were shocked recently when they heard that some of our troops had tortured prisoners in Iraq. What did you expect? They grew up on violence and abuse on the Internet. It’s very important especially for parents to keep this dangerous medium away from the hands of children. The Internet can be well used to look up material in the way one would look for information in an encyclopedia. Right now we are appearing on the Internet, but believe me, it can be the devil’s own tool.

Let us continue to pray for each other!

Father Benedict
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Dear Father Benedict: We continually hold you up in prayer each day during our family Rosary. Thank you for responding to God's call to be an excellent example of a "cross barer" to all of us. We continue to hope and pray for your full recovery! Please keep all of us in your prayers as we struggle to carry our crosses. Thank you and the friars for being a witness to Christ's love in this sometimes unloving world. God Bless and keep you always! - Marie, Millersville, Maryland

Dear in Christ, Fr. Benedict First of all I'm Dinorah Cantu from monterrey Mexico. I'm sorry for my english but Ill try to do my best. I really want to congratulate you for all your work, and for all your self giving to the church. I just finish giving one year of my life to the church through the Regnum Christi movement. I worked in Washington, DC. That's how I first heard about Fr. Stan and your order..

Christ have changed my life, and I am very weak, I have a lot of trouble being faithful to my prayer commitments, and being coherent with everything I think. But I really want to love Christ, and make him the only meaning of my life, and I'm fighting everyday. Just knowing that I am an apostle and that He choose me, makes me be full of hope, and joy. I want to set the world on fire for Him, I want to scream to the world how much they are loved. I want to fight and do so much for the church! So please pray for me, and for my family, because they are my first mission. My parents are having trouble and my brother seems to feel alone, and I don't know, behave like sad and angry all day, and sometimes that desmotivates me a lot, because i try and try but with them doesn't work! But I trust in God, and know that something will happen sooner or later.

But well the main purpose of my writing, is because i just heard your message asking for suggestions and ideas, and i have something in mind since a long ago that maybe can help you. My story and many others of my friends, are conversions, not from religion but yes of way of living, and I see the suffering and sadness i lived before in a lot of lives, even in my friends! So i think that maybe it can help if there is a section of just stories of lives, with the title "When love hurts" And you can have videos, of the vocations of the priest and nuns of your order, of people you know etc. With the common thing that Christ have changed us, and that now we have the joy the gift to say that love hurts us. That we see so much love from Him to us, that hurts! that is painful because we are so weak and we are not able to answer Him back in the way He deserves. Imagine we are so lucky that we have a love that hurts... I don't know I have this in mind, a movie, book, or now this testimonies, that shows the man seeking for a meaning, lost in this time, but then 1 finally finds it, and all the change, love, forgiveness... is a love story. But well i don't waste more of your time. Thanks for giving your life for Christ, the Church and souls. I really admire every priest, so i will keep praying for a lot of vocations =) ... I will pray for you and your priest too. Thank you In Christ, - Dino, Mexico

Dear Father Benedict, I am so glad you are on the road to recovery. I have watched and read since you first were injured. I have also prayed for your return to health. I enjoy your messages. I know you are probably still limited in the time you can spend writing. I have been particularly interested in your recent messages on the media. I am wondering if you have written a book on the subject that is more extensive and detailed. Thank you and may God continue to heal and bless you. - Len, Livonia, MI

Dear Fr. Benedict, I would like to extend my appreciation of your good comments regarding the programs on television. The sooner people realized or become wiser by listening only to EWTN the sooner they will become happy and get to learn the meaning of ones lives.Few ladies and I met once a week for our Oratory of Divine Love prayer group at my place and we keep you in our prayers. Love in Christ, - Purita, AUSTRALIA

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