In These Times Of Suffering Prayer Is

If God, In The Christmas Mystery, Reveals Himself Not As One Who Remains On High And Dominates The Universe, But As The One Who Bends Down, Descends To The Little And Poor Earth, It Means That, To Be Like Him, We Should Not Put Ourselves Above Others, But Indeed Lower Ourselves, Place Ourselves At The Service Of Others, Become Small With The Small And Poor With The Poor. It Is Regrettable To See A Christian Who Does Not Want To Lower Himself, Who Does Not Want To Serve. A Christian Who Struts About Is Ugly: This Is Not Christian, It Is Pagan.

States Kill When They Apply The Death Penalty, When They Send Their People To War, Or When They Carry Out Extra-judicial Or Summary Executions. They Can Also Kill By Omission, When They Fail To Guarantee To Their People Access To The Bare Essentials For Life.

Lord, Help Us To Recognize You In The Sick, Poor And Suffering.

Money Is Needed To Bring About Many Good Things But When Your Heart Is Attached, It Destroys You

A Small Step, In The Midst Of Great Human Limitations, Can Be More Pleasing To God Than A Life Which Appears Outwardly In Order But Moves Through The Day Without Confronting Great Difficulties.