Certain Realities Of Life We Only See

The Imbalance Results From Ideologies Which Uphold The Absolute Autonomy Of Markets And Financial Speculation, And Thus Deny The Right Of Control To States, Which Are Themselves Charged With Providing For The Common Good.

How I Wish That All Men And Women Of Good Will Would Look To The Cross If Only For A Moment! There, We Can See God’s Reply: Violence Is Not Answered With Violence, Death Is Not Answered With The Language Of Death. In The Silence Of The Cross, The Uproar Of Weapons Ceases And The Language Of Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Dialogue, And Peace Is Spoken.

Let Us Not Close Our Hearts, Let Us Not Lose Confidence, Let Us Never Give Up: There Are No Situations Which God Cannot Change, There Is No Sin Which He Cannot Forgive If Only We Open Ourselves To Him.

This Happens Today: If The Investments In The Banks Fall Slightly... A Tragedy... What Can Be Done? But If People Die Of Hunger, If They Have Nothing Eat, If They Have Poor Health, It Does Not Matter! This Is Our Crisis Today!

This Is Precisely The Reason For The Dissatisfaction Of Some, Who End Up Sad - Sad Priests - In Some Sense Becoming Collectors Of Antiques Or Novelties, Instead Of Being Shepherds Living With 'the Odor Of The Sheep.' This I Ask You: Be Shepherds, With The 'odor Of The Sheep,' Make It Real, As Shepherds Among Your Flock, Fishers Of Men.