Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!

Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death.

Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.

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.

Mary joins us, she fights at our side. She supports Christians in the fight against the forces of evil. Especially through prayer, through the rosary. Hear me out, the rosary... Do you pray the Rosary each day?

Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'disposable' culture which is now spreading. It is no longer simply about exploitation and oppression, but something new.

Like Mary, may we nurture the light born within us at Christmas. May we carry it everywhere in our daily lives.