To hope does not mean to know the future, but rather to be open, in an attitude of spiritual childhood, to accepting it as a gift.

Through the persons who explicitly accept his Word, the Lord reveals the world to itself.

In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God.

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.

Theology is reflection, a critical attitude. The commitment of love, of service, comes first. Theology follows; it is the second step.

The God of Exodus is the God of history and of political liberation more than he is the God of nature.

Once causes are determined, then there is talk of "social injustice" and the privileged begin to resist.