We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us.

Let us ask the Lord for this grace: that our hearts become free and filled with light, so that we can rejoice as children of God.

An authentic faith always implies a deep desire to change the world.

Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry.

Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity.

Without a solution to the problems of the poor, we will not solve the problems of the world. We need projects, mechanisms and processes to implement better distribution of resources, from the creation of new jobs to the integral promotion of those who are excluded'.

Only by becoming poor ourselves, by stripping away our complacency, will we be able to identify with the least of our brothers and sisters.