From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us.

As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in U.S, which was largely built by such families.

Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony, go out and interact with your brothers, go out and share, go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit.

We could also say that there is only one real kind of poverty: not living as children of God and brothers and sisters of Christ.

All Christians need an 'ecological conversion', whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them.

The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you.

It's best to not confuse optimism with hope. Optimism is a psychological attitude toward life. Hope goes further. It is an anchor that one hurls toward the future, it's what lets you pull on the line and reach what you're aiming for and head in the right direction. Hope is also theological: God is there, too.