There is a struggle inside you between these two parts. It's as if at times your heart becomes a battlefield! The secret part, full of light, seems so small and weak in the face of the discouraging and morbid part, which seems enormous and overwhelming. However, if you light a small candle in a dark room, everything is lit up. It is a matter of trusting in this little light in the deepest part of your being which can gradually chase away the darkness.

One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals.

When we judge, we are pushing people away; we are creating a wall, a barrier. When we forgive we are destroying barriers, we come closer to others.

If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.

Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. (23-24)

Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.

If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.