In the novel The Power and the Glory Graham Greene talks how when we stand for something we believe we must take risk. Both of the priest in the novel stuggle with the fact that life is worth living for when you know you do something right.
When the priest is running from the police he realizes he has nothing to lose yet he is the key for people to repent their sins. He is standing for what he believes and not hiding away like Padre Jose. Padre Jose was a priest who beilieved in something yet he doesnt stand to do anything about it. He is an example of those who believe but are to scared to try and take risk." It is the voice of Life that calls us to come, and learn."
The struggles in life are too great that we must stand firm and only hope that we are doing what is right. The priest goes to prison and he realizes that though he has been caught he knows that he has made a difference in the world. When God sent down Jesus to die for our sins he could've easily just said that he didn't want to die and gone away. But instead he stood firm for what he believes in and he took the punishment so that people would know to this day what he did for all.