Gamma
'Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.' ("John 15:13 NASB 1995")
By now, I thought I had become well acquainted with Death, having grown accustomed to his unannounced visits, and familiar with his cold way of reminding me about the frailness of my humanity. But this, this shook me to the very core of my being. It made me reevaluate my whole existence, and finally, in Socratic irony, confess that I didn't know him at all. However, he knew me, and in the hand of the Creator, became the chosen tool to mold me into His likeness. But, before any of that could happen, it was I who had to die, or at least to realize that I had already died long, long ago.
I apologize for bringing you so abruptly into my reality, but you need to be brought here in order to fully understand everything I am trying to relate to you. However, even though you might not know it, you already have been prepared. You see, five years later on September 11, 2001, two passenger jets piloted by terrorists flew into the previously mentioned Sistine towers, and the whole world then felt what we had previously felt on that cold dark night in February, 1996.
I somehow managed to regain my composure and realized I had to call my daughter ...
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3/30/26