The Call For A Sincere Gift Of

Man Matures Through Work Which Inspires Him To Difficult Good.

Before Our Eyes We Have The Results Of Ideologies Such As Marxism, Nazism And Fascism, And Also Of Myths Like Racial Superiority, Nationalism And Ethnic Exclusivism. No Less Pernicious, Though Not Always As Obvious, Are The Effects Of Materialistic Consumerism, In Which The Exaltation Of The Individual And The Selfish Satisfaction Of Personal Aspirations Become The Ultimate Goal Of Life. In This Outlook, The Negative Effects On Others Are Considered Completely Irrelevant.

Beauty Is A Key To The Mystery And A Call To Transcendence. It Is An Invitation To Savor Life And To Dream Of The Future. That Is Why The Beauty Of Created Things Can Never Fully Satisfy. It Stirs That Hidden Nostalgia For God Which A Lover Of Beauty Like Saint Augustine Could Express In Incomparable Terms: 'late Have I Loved You, Beauty So Old And So New: Late Have I Loved You!'.

Eucharistic Worship Is Not So Much Worship Of The Inaccessible Transcendence As Worship Of The Divine Condescension, And It Is Also The Merciful And Redeeming Transformation Of The World In The Human Heart

What We Talked About Will Have To Remain A Secret Between Him And Me. I Spoke To Him As A Brother Whom I Have Pardoned And Who Has My Complete Trust.