Idleness Or Boredom Has No Place In

The Work Of Art, Just Like Any Fragment Of Human Life Considered In Its Deepest Meaning, Seems To Me Devoid Of Value If It Does Not Offer The Hardness, The Rigidity, The Regularity, The Luster On Every Interior And Exterior Facet, Of The Crystal.

Liturgy Is Like A Strong Tree Whose Beauty Is Derived From The Continuous Renewal Of Its Leaves, But Whose Strength Comes From The Old Trunk, With Solid Roots In The Ground.

To Wage War On Misery And To Struggle Against Injustice Is To Promote, Along With Improved Conditions, The Human And Spiritual Progress Of All Men, And Therefore The Common Good Of Humanity. Peace Cannot Be Limited To A Mere Absence Of War, The Result Of An Ever Precarious Balance Of Forces. No, Peace Is Something That Is Built Up Day After Day, In The Pursuit Of An Order Intended By God, Which Implies A More Perfect Form Of Justice Among Men.

Christ Did Not Found An Abstract Religion, A Mere School Of Religious Thought. He Setup A Community Of Apostles, Of Teachers, With The Task Of Spreading His Message And So Giving Rise To A Society Of Believers: His Church. He Promised The Spirit Of Truth To His Church And Then Sent Him.

Man's Genius Has With God's Help Produced Marvelous Technical Inventions From Creation, Especially In Our Times. The Church, Our Mother, Is Particularly Interested In Those Which Directly Touch Man's Spirit And Which Have Opened Up New Avenues Of Easy Communication Of All Kinds Of News, Of Ideas And Orientations.