If you saw the movie Of God's and Men you may be interested in an article that includes a transcript of Dom Christian's last letter which was read at the end of the movie after we had seen Christian and his brother monks being led away to certain death at the hands of terrorists.
Here is the first paragraph of the letter:
When an “A-DIEU” takes on a face. If it should happen one day—and it could be today— that I become a victim of the terrorism which now seems ready to engulf all the foreigners living in Algeria, I would like my community, my Church, my family, to remember that my life was GIVEN to God and to this country. I ask them to accept that the Sole Master of all life was not a stranger to this brutal departure. I ask them to pray for me— for how could I be found worthy of such an offering? I ask them to be able to link this death with the many other deaths which were just as violent, but forgotten through indifference and anonymity. My life has no more value than any other. Nor any less value.
The article gives a very thoughtful reflection on the letter - rather like an exegetical commentary. The letter and commentary are worth reading on on their own but if you didn't see the movie - try and get to see it somewhere, sometime!
