May we learn to say “thank you” to God and to one another. We teach children to do it, and then we forget to do it ourselves!

It is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present.

Poverty is the center of the Gospel.

The worship of the golden calf of old (cf. Ex 32:15-34) has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal.

Beware of getting too comfortable! When we are comfortable, it’s easy to forget other people.

Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others.

Joy cannot be held at heel: it must be let go. Joy is a pilgrim virtue. It is a gift that walks, walks on the path of life, that walks with Jesus: preaching, proclaiming Jesus, proclaiming joy, lengthens and widens that path.