Setting the context -- In dialogue: faith and the victim -- René Girard's mimetic theory: desire, victimage, and Christ -- East Timor: history, religion and culture -- Violence and faith -- Ground to stand: the relation between faith and mimesis -- Crisis and choice: the relation of faith to the victim -- Sacred violence and Christian resistance -- State and the violent sacred -- Christian resistance in suffering and victimhood -- Solidarity with the victim -- Martyrs of East Timor: solidarity with the victim -- Healing pasch: grief, reconciliation and eucharistic solidarity -- Eucharistic faith and solidarity: perspectives on the church and East Timor