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To Love God And Neighbor Is Not Something Abstract, But Profoundly Concrete: It Means Seeing In Every Person And Face Of The Lord To Be Served, To Serve Him Concretely. And You Are, Dear Brothers And Sisters, In The Face Of Jesus.

It Seems Clear To Me Also That Climate Change Is A Problem Which Can No Longer Be Left To Our Future Generation.

When We Walk Without The Cross, When We Build Without The Cross And When We Proclaim Christ Without The Cross, We Are Not Disciples Of The Lord. We Are Worldly. We May Be Bishops, Priests, Cardinals, Popes, All Of This, But We Are Not Disciples Of The Lord.

The Times Talk To Us Of So Much Poverty In The World And This Is A Scandal. Poverty In The World Is A Scandal. In A World Where There Is So Much Wealth, So Many Resources To Feed Everyone, It Is Unfathomable That There Are So Many Hungry Children, That There Are So Many Children Without An Education, So Many Poor Persons. Poverty Today Is A Cry.

Today Saint Paul Has Told Us That In Christ We Have Become God’s Adopted Children, Brothers And Sisters In Christ. This Is Who We Are. This Is Our Identity.