Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.

A tension or difficulty can signal the approach of a new grace of God. But it has to be looked at wisely and humanly.

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.

To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.

Our danger is to think that happiness will come from outside of us, from the things we possess or the power of our group, and not from within us, from the inner sanctuary of our being.

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

People may come to our communities because they want to serve the poor; they will only stay once they have discovered that they themselves are poor.