May every Church and Christian community be a place of mercy amid so much indifference.

Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.

Be the first to seek to bring good, do not grow accustomed to evil, but defeat it.

We are called to live our baptism every day, as new creatures, clothed in Christ.

The challenge of life is to learn how to love

The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is, can only precipitate catastrophes, such as those which even now periodically occur in different areas of the world ... we need to reflect on our accountability before those who will have to endure the dire consequences.

The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor.