Good Friday, a pilot's story

Yes, this pilot is talking about the events of 9/11/01, but he is also talking about the great gift of the Crucified Lord...

Victory

The victory that Christ won over sin has given us greater blessings 

than those which sin had taken from us. 

-- Catechism of the Catholic Church 420.

It Makes Me Think...

171. What is the meaning of the affirmation “Outside the Church there is no salvation”?

This means that all salvation comes from Christ, the Head, through the Church which is his body. Hence they cannot be saved who, knowing the Church as founded by Christ and necessary for salvation, would refuse to enter her or remain in her. At the same time, thanks to Christ and to his Church, those who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ and his Church but sincerely seek God and, moved by grace, try to do his will as it is known through the dictates of conscience can attain eternal salvation.

---From the Compendium of the Catechism.