Beltrame was the right man. Did she think, even for a moment, that the man who was ready to kill her would let her go, because Lt.-Col. Beltrame had come? A terrible estrangement between God and man had been wrought by sin, and the wages of sin are death, as St. Paul teaches. On that Friday morning in Trèbes, the people did not think they needed a saviour until they needed one. On that Friday morning in Jerusalem, the people did not think they needed a Saviour, even though one was at hand.

Source: National Post March 30, 2018 10:30 UTC