The Crucifix Does Not Signify Defeat Or

I Tell Priests To Flee From Clericalism Because Clericalism Distances People. May They Flee From Clericalism And I Add: It's A Plague In The Church.

It Is God Who Gives Life. Let Us Respect And Love Human Life, Especially Vulnerable Life In A Mother's Womb.

When We Are Generous In Welcoming People And Sharing Something With Them-some Food, A Place In Our Homes, Our Time-not Only Do We No Longer Remain Poor: We Are Enriched. I Am Well Aware That When Someone Needing Food Knocks At Your Door, You Always Find A Way Of Sharing Food; As The Proverb Says, One Can Always 'add More Water To The Beans'! Is It Possible To Add More Water To The Beans?...always?...and You Do So With Love, Demonstrating That True Riches Consist Not In Materials Things, But In The Heart!

If We, Each Doing Our Own Part, If We Do Good To Others, If We Meet There, Doing Good, And We Go Slowly, Gently, Little By Little, We Will Make That Culture Of Encounter: We Need That So Much. We Must Meet One Another Doing Good.

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.