Violence and war lead only to death.

Christ leads us to go out from ourselves more and more, to give ourselves and to serve others.

The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed scandalous, social inequalities.

To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.

Work ends up dehumanizing people.

The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people.

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