What Has The Cross Left In Each

When We Give Help To The Poor, We Are Not Doing The Work Of Aid Agencies 'in A Christian Way'. Those Are Good, It Is A Decent Thing To Do - Aid Work Is Good And Quite Human - But It Is Not Christian Poverty, Which St. Paul Desires Of Us And Preaches To Us. Christian Poverty Is That I Give Of My Own, And Not Of That Which Is Left Over - I Give Even That, Which I Need For Myself, To The Poor Person, Because I Know That He Enriches Me. Why Does The Poor Person Enrich Me? Because Jesus Himself Told Us That He Is In The Poor Person.

Only By Becoming Poor Ourselves, By Stripping Away Our Complacency, Will We Be Able To Identify With The Least Of Our Brothers And Sisters.

The Cross Isn't An Ornament, Mere Symbol. It's The Mystery Of God's Love, That He Died For Our Sins.

Above All, You Ask If The God Of Christians Forgives Those Who Do Not Believe And Who Do Not Seek Faith. Given The Premise, And This Is Fundamental, That The Mercy Of God Is Limitless For Those Who Turn To Him With A Sincere And Contrite Heart, The Issue For The Unbeliever Lies In Obeying His Or Her Conscience.

There Is No Cross, Big Or Small, In Our Life Which The Lord Does Not Share With Us.