struggle, terrorism, disintegrating family life) and partly the absence of accepted moral guidelines (leading to violence, dishonesty, and sexual promiscuity). We seem incapable of managing our own affairs or of creating a just, free, humane, and tranquil society. This all deserves our prayer, time, and resources. But Paul also reminds us that we must not lose sight of this: humanity itself is askew. The death Paul refers to is not a figure of speech, as is the case in