The strong need the weak as much as the weak need the strong

There is nothing stronger than a heart which loves and is freely given.

We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our humanness, just as we cannot become fully human if we ignore our spirituality.

At the heart of the celebration, there are the poor. If [they] are excluded, it is not longer a celebration. [...] A celebration must always be a festival of the poor.

The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters. The response to injustice is to share. The response to despair is a limitless trust and hope. The response to prejudice and hatred is forgiveness. To work for community is to work for humanity. To work for peace is to work for a true political solution; it is to work for the Kingdom of God. It is to work to enable every one to live and taste the secret joys of the human person united to the eternal.

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

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.