Fr. CHICO MONTEIRO
St. Anthony's confidant and intercessor. . .
Excerpt of Fr. Chico's 2/3/1990 letter to Dom Martin,
subsequent to the death of his father: " . . . Our life starts with linking to the
created things and ends with gentle embrace of the Creator - Before this
embrace comes the process of delinking - it is a painful process. In
this process, Jesus is the Lord, better than this, a friend "sans par"
the redeemer, the noble presence - after all, who has the right to our
heart? - Not the Creator? . . ." Excerpt of Fr. Chico's 26/7/90 letter to Dom Martin: " . . . Many theologians talking to me about
faith have said: 'Faith is a light', but for me
as guide of my life I have chosen what a French priest, a saint, has said:
"Faith is security in darkness'.