When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched. I am well aware that when someone needing food knocks at your door, you always find a way of sharing food; as the proverb says, one can always 'add more water to the beans'! Is it possible to add more water to the beans?...Always?...And you do so with love, demonstrating that true riches consist not in materials things, but in the heart!

God always has patience.

Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.

May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman.

Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

We are not alone. We have many brothers who in this moment of catastrophe came to help. And we too, because of this, we feel more like brothers and sisters because we helped each other.

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.