We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular solidarity with the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters: the poor, the disabled, the unborn and the sick, migrants and refugees, the elderly and the young who lack employment.

The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life. These realities are increasingly under attack from powerful forces, which threaten to disfigure God’s plan for creation.

Jesus did not say: 'One of you go', but 'All of you go': we are sent together.

Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.

Jesus is God but he humbled himself to walk with us. He is our friend, our brother.

Dear young people, do not bury your talents, the gifts that God has given you! Do not be afraid to dream of great things!