His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan

I'm sure I fail, but boy, oh boy, it's a goal that I'm not about to give up on.

It's good that you would emphasize trust, because as you said, it's in short supply today.

A number of years ago, I was meeting with a politician, and the politician said to me, well, you know, Cardinal Dolan, I hear the people don't trust you bishops anymore.

And I said, well, I hear they don't trust you politicians either.

First and foremost for me is to cultivate the virtue of absolute trust in the Lord.

If I'm nurtured with the virtue of hope,

which is another word for trust, that he's ultimately in charge, that everything is in his omnipotent plans.

If, as St.

Paul says in the Bible, everything works together for the good, for those who believe, things are going to work out if we trust in him and do our part.

The great St.

Augustine said, look, if you're in a boat that's starting to sink, will you pray as if everything depends on God?

You row for sure as if everything depends on you.

So we have to do our part as well.

I presume the people with whom you collaborate and who you try to help through your excellent, your own leadership,

When they talk about trust, they're talking about, I want people to trust me and I want to be able to trust them.

I'm saying you're leaving something out.

And if you're kind enough to ask my opinion, as many are, work first on trusting in God.

If we've got that trust, that's going to give us the confidence to

to trust other people, which will then earn their trust in us.

We can't take that trust for granted anymore.