And With A Little Sense Of Humor

No Act Of Virtue Can Be Great If It Is Not Followed By Advantage For Others. So, No Matter How Much Time You Spend Fasting, No Matter How Much You Sleep On A Hard Floor And Eat Ashes And Sigh Continually, If You Do No Good To Others, You Do Nothing Great.

Going Out To Others In Order To Reach The Fringes Of Humanity Does Not Mean Rushing Out Aimlessly Into The World. Often It Is Better Simply To Slow Down, To Put Aside Our Eagerness In Order To See And Listen To Others, To Stop Rushing From One Thing To Another And To Remain With Someone Who Has Faltered Along The Way.

That Is Why The Center Of Our Faith Isn't Just A Book, But A History Of Salvation, And Above All, It's About A Person: Jesus Christ, The Word Of God Made Flesh.

Human Beings Are Themselves Considered Consumer Goods To Be Used And Then Discarded. We Have Created A 'disposable' Culture Which Is Now Spreading. It Is No Longer Simply About Exploitation And Oppression, But Something New.

Miracles Happen. But Prayer Is Needed! Prayer That Is Courageous, Struggling And Persevering, Not Prayer That Is A Mere Formality.