[on His 83rd Birthday] Physical Condition Or

Reason And Faith Cannot Be Separated Without Diminishing The Capacity Of Men And Women To Know Themselves, The World And God In An Appropriate Way.

Like So Many Pilgrims Before Us, We Kneel In Wonder And Adoration Before The Ineffable Mystery Which. Was Accomplished Here... In This Child - The Son Who Is Given To Us - We Find Rest For Our Souls And The True Bread That Never Fails - The Eucharistic Bread Foreshadowed Even In The Name Of This Town: Bethlehem, The House Of Bread. God Lies Hidden In The Child; Divinity Lies Hidden In The Bread Of Life

This Is Why Moral Uneasiness Is Destined To Become Even More Acute. It Is Obvious That A Fundamental Defect, Or Rather A Series Of Defects, Indeed A Defective Machinery Is At The Root Of Contemporary Economics And Materialistic Civilization, Which Does Not Allow The Human Family To Break Free From Such Radically Unjust Situations.

Every Effort To Make Society Sensitive To The Importance Of The Family, Is A Great Service To Humanity.

The Call For A Sincere Gift Of Self Is The Fullest Way To Realize Our Personal Freedom.