Where there is no work, there is no dignity.

Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent.

I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: let us be 'protectors' of creation, protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.

During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference.

If, in your relationship with the Lord, you do not feel that He loves you tenderly, you are missing something, you still have not understood what grace is, you have not yet received grace which is this closeness.

Be missionaries of God's tenderness!

Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan; this is the lesson of Jesus.