I am sure by now you all know about this bit of news. I am sure most of you have read the letter.
May I encourage you to pray. Pray for good will and good faith to triumph everywhere. It seems to me that now is not the time for focusing on the division, but instead the time to fight for unity and brotherhood.
The regularization of the Society's situation would be good for everyone. That is my firm belief.
Let us not concern ourselves then in this moment with the debates of what was or what might have been in the past. Nor let us be discouraged by the naysayers or the polemicists. Instead, let us persist in our desire for unity and re-double our efforts toward this goal.
