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Dear Grump, I too am 71. Here's a quotation from the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus that I found most helpful and encouraging: "Look at him who is ever looking at you. With whatever faith you have, however feeble and flickering and mixed with doubt, look at him. Look at him with whatever faith you have and know that your worry about your lack of faith is itself a sign of faith. Do not look at your faith. Look at him. Keep looking, and faith will take care of itself" (Death on a Friday Afternoon). Let us pray for one another. - Robert Benson