We See That There Are Two Worms

Dear Friends, Sometimes We May Be Tempted To Allow Ourselves Be Overtaken By Laziness Or Despondency, Especially When Faced With The Hardships And Trials Of Life. In These Cases, Do Not Lose Heart, But Invoke The Holy Spirit, So That With The Gift Of Fortitude He Can Lift Our Hearts And Communicate New Vigor And Enthusiasm To Our Lives And Our Following Jesus.

That Is Why The Center Of Our Faith Isn't Just A Book, But A History Of Salvation, And Above All, It's About A Person: Jesus Christ, The Word Of God Made Flesh.

We Must Avoid The Spiritual Disease Of The Church That Can Become Self-referential: When This Happens, The Church Itself Becomes Sick. It’s True That Accidents Can Happen When You Go Out Into The Street, As Can Happen To Any Man Or Woman. But If The Church Remains Closed Onto Itself, Self-referential, It Grows Old. Between A Church That Goes Into The Street And Gets Into An Accident And A Church That Is Sick With Self-referentiality, I Have No Doubts In Preferring The First.

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.

Our Christian Witness Is Authentic When It Is Faithful And Unconditional.