I Am A Sinner. This Is The

Life Is A Precious Gift, But We Realize This Only When We Give It To Others.

Auschwitz Cries Out With The Pain Of Immense Suffering And Pleads For A Future Of Respect, Peace And Encounter Among Peoples.

There Is Another Important Point: Encountering The Poor. If We Step Outside Ourselves We Find Poverty. Today-it Sickens The Heart To Say So-the Discovery Of A Tramp Who Has Died Of The Cold Is Not News. Today What Counts As News Is, Maybe, A Scandal. A Scandal: Ah, That Is News! Today, The Thought That A Great Many Children Do Not Have Food To Eat Is Not News. This Is Serious, This Is Serious! We Cannot Put Up With This! Yet That Is How Things Are. We Cannot Become Starched Christians, Those Over-educated Christians Who Speak Of Theological Matters As They Calmly Sip Their Tea.

Let Us Never Forget That It Is The Lord Who Guides The Church. He Is The One Who Makes Our Apostolates Fruitful.

A Good Catholic Meddles In Politics, Offering The Best Of Himself, So That Those Who Govern Can Govern. But What Is The Best That We Can Offer To Those Who Govern? Prayer!