three in the bible means a long time. so that is why we need the perfect comic perseverance and patience now to make sure that our trust is not extinguished. easter and passover will give us that. bill: i like that. listen. talk about a long time, this lent has sure been a long time. listen, your eminence, the president is going to pop up in a moment here in the white house. i just have a few more seconds with you and, in the 15 seconds i have left, how are you doing? how are you doing communicating with those in your church? you are kinder to ask. i m doing fine and like everybody else i m bristling to get out there. i m bristling to visit the sick, and chafing to be with my people. i m eager to see them all in front of me end with me at mass on sunday. so there is that frustration. most of all there is that deep