If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments.

The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to dialogue with all people.

Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.

Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.

Christ leads us to go out from ourselves more and more, to give ourselves and to serve others.

Certain realities of life we only see through eyes cleansed by our tears.

When Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need of repentance, or conversion: he did it to be among people who need forgiveness, among us sinners, and to take upon himself the burden of our sins.