Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.

The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!

We hear many offers from the world around us; but let us take up God's offer instead: his is a caress of love. For God, we are not numbers, we are important, indeed we are the most important thing to him; even if we are sinners, we are what is closest to his heart.

Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.

The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.

Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor, from the hungry!

It is necessary to reaffirm our solid opposition to any direct offense against life, especially when innocent and defenseless, and the unborn child in its mother's womb is the quintessence of innocence. Let us remember the words of Vatican Council II: 'Therefore from the moment of its conception life must be guarded with the greatest care while abortion and infanticide are unspeakable crimes.'