And there is this fact of the twelve baskets: why twelve? What does it mean? Twelve is the number of the tribes of Israel, symbolically it represents all the people. And this tells us that when food is shared equally, with solidarity, nobody is devoid of the necessary, each community can meet the needs of the poorest. Human ecology and environmental ecology go hand in hand.

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.

God shows up with surprises.

There is no worse material poverty than one that does not allow for earning one’s bread and deprives one of the dignity of work. Youth unemployment, informality, and the lack of labor rights are not inevitable; they are the result of a previous social option, of an economic system that puts profit above man; if the profit is economic, to put it above humanity or above man, is the effect of a disposable culture that considers the human being in himself as a consumer good, which can be used and then discarded.

The Corrupt should be tied to a rock & thrown into the sea

We are all missionary disciples

The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.