In my later ministry, I have become far more aware of something which I really was not aware of in my early ministry. Many people do not finish the course, in old age. One notices the young people whose faith fails -- in university, say, or with family life. But the old people are many. It may not be a deliberate turning away, but everything else says, the fire was never lit. It was for different reasons that they loved the Church in their day. Paul, on the other hand, said in old age: "I have finished the course."
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