No, the Lord doesn't really need us to take care of the poor, but we need this experience; for it is only through our learning how to take care of each other that we develop within us the Christlike love and disposition necessary to qualify us to return to his presence.

The whole problem is spirituality-not finances. Spiritually strong = welfare strong.

The prime duty of help to the poor by the Church is not to bring temporal relief to their needs, but salvation to their souls.

Forgiveness is as wide as repentance.

Pondering is, in my feeling, a form of prayer.

When earth life is over and things appear in their true perspective, we shall more clearly see and realize what the Lord and his prophets have repeatedly told us, that the fruits of the gospel are the only objectives worthy of life's full efforts. Their possessor obtains true wealth - wealth in the Lord's view of values. We need constantly to deepen our understandings and sharpen our realization of what the fruits of the gospel are. The Lord has defined them as . . . peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come.

...living the gospel of Jesus Christ is the price of-and the only way to-peace.