Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.

Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.

Make us worthy Lord to serve our fellow men throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them through our hands this day their daily bread and by our understanding love, give peace and joy.

Jesus loved everyone, but he loved children most of all. Today we know that unborn children are the targets of destruction. We must thank our parents for wanting us, for loving us and for taking such good care of us.

The Cross will be for us as it was for Christ: proof of the greatest love.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

Christ prays in me, Christ works in me, Christ thinks in me, Christ looks through my eyes, Christ speaks through my words, Christ works with my hands, Christ walks with my feet, Christ loves with my heart. As St Paul's prayer was: I belong to Christ and nothing will separate me from the love of Christ. It was that oneness, oneness with God in the Holy Spirit.