What follows is a letter from St. Peter, a senior angel, to his apprentice nephew, Jerome. Jerome has the task of guiding one of the three clergymen whom the president has sought out for counsel. My dear Jerome, When we assigned you your subject many years ago, we had no idea that he would become so powerful. We knew that he had some promise as one of our ambassadors, but little did we know that he would become minister to the president. You know the crisis well.
Personal immorality is never an isolated incident.
It is a breach of trust that always affects others, and this has affected and breached the trust of an entire nation. Our work is cut out for us. First, a message of forgiveness needs to be communicated by your subject. Now, a message of forgiveness is not heard without a full acknowledgement of guilt. Your subject, our ambassador, needs to offer this assurance continually in his conversations with the president.