Negative Feelings Choke The Lord’s Word In

Holy Week Challenges Us To Step Outside Ourselves So As To Attend To The Needs Of Others: Those Who Long For A Sympathetic Ear, Those In Need Of Comfort Or Help. We Should Not Simply Remain In Our Own Secure World, That Of The Ninety-nine Sheep Who Never Strayed From The Fold, But We Should Go Out, With Christ, In Search Of The One Lost Sheep, However Far It May Have Wandered.

Humanity Needs Justice, Peace And Love And We Can Have This Only By Returning With Our Hearts Towards God Who Is The Source Of All This.

I Want The Church To Go Out Onto The Streets, I Want Us To Resist Everything Worldly, Everything Static, Everything Comfortable...eve Rything That Might Make Us Closed In On Ourselves.

Resolve Not To Be Overcome By Evil, But To Combat Evil With Good.

During My Visit To The Philippines, I Wanted In A Particular Way To Meet With Young People, To Listen To You And To Talk To You. I Want To Express The Love And The Hopes Of The Church For You. And I Want To Encourage You As Christian Citizens Of This Country To Offer Yourselves Passionately And Honestly To The Great Work Of Renewing Your Society And Helping To Build A Better World.