We Cannot Give Up In The Face

There Is So Much Indifference In The Face Of Suffering. May We Overcome Indifference With Concrete Acts Of Charity.

We Have, In A Sense, Lorded It Over Nature, Over Sister Earth, Over Mother Earth, I Think Man Has Gone Too Far.

Human Life Must Always Be Defended From Its Beginning In The Womb And Must Be Recognised As A Gift Of God That Guarantees The Future Of Humanity.

How Many Young People Among You Are Like This? You Know How To Give And Yet You Have Ever Learned How To Receive. You Still Lack One Thing. Become A Beggar. This Is What You Still Lack. Learn How To Beg. This Isn’t Easy To Understand. To Learn How To Beg. To Learn How To Receive With Humility.

I Entered The Diocesan Seminary. I Liked The Dominicans, And I Had Dominican Friends. But Then I Chose The Society Of Jesus, Which I Knew Well Because The Seminary Was Entrusted To The Jesuits. Three Things In Particular Struck Me About The Society: The Missionary Spirit, Community And Discipline.