What do we have to say in the face of this? What hope do we have to offer to our friends and plenty for ourselves? The apostle Peter reaches out to us across 2000 years through his first recorded letter with a life rope of hope. They find their lives to feel meaningless, pointless, hopeless, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Shakespeare put those words into the mouth of his character Macbeth 400 years ago, but they could equally be put into the mouths of millions of our contemporaries today. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time, and all our yesterday’s have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service.
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