The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed scandalous, social inequalities.

In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule.

Each encounter with Jesus fills us with joy, with that deep joy which only God can give.

I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down.

Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects.

When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.

May we always care for our children, not counting the cost, so that they may never believe themselves to be mistakes, but always know their infinite worth.