Alfred Delp - Alfred Delp in His Own Words

Alfred Delp in His Own Words

• God does not need great pathos or great works. He needs greatness of hearts. He cannot calculate with zeroes

• It is the time of sowing, not of harvesting. God is sowing; one day He will harvest again. I will try to do one thing. I will try to at least be a healthy and fruitful seed, falling into the soil. And into the Lord God's hand.

• Whoever does not have the courage to make history, becomes its poor object. Let's do it!

• When we get out of here, we will show, that (ecumenicism) is more than personal friendship. We will continue to carry the historical burden of our separated churches, as baggage and inheritance. But never again shall it became shameful to Christ. Like you, I do not believe in the utopia of complete unity stews. But the one Christ is undivided, and when undivided love leads to him, we will do better than our fighting predecessors and contemporaries.

• If there was a little more light and truth in the world through one human being, his life has had meaning.

• In half an hour, I'll know more than you do. These were the last words of Alfred Delp. He whispered them jokingly, to the Prison Chaplain Rev. Peter Buchholz, who accompanied him to his execution.

• Someday, others shall be able to live better and happier lifes because we died Written after the death penalty was passed.