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The Times Talk To Us Of So Much Poverty In The World And This Is A Scandal. Poverty In The World Is A Scandal. In A World Where There Is So Much Wealth, So Many Resources To Feed Everyone, It Is Unfathomable That There Are So Many Hungry Children, That There Are So Many Children Without An Education, So Many Poor Persons. Poverty Today Is A Cry.

-Pope Francis

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The Times Talk To Us Of So Much Poverty In The World And This Is A Scandal. Poverty In The World Is A Scandal. In A World Where There Is So Much Wealth, So Many Resources To Feed Everyone, It Is Unfathomable That There Are So Many Hungry Children, That There Are So Many Children Without An Education, So Many Poor Persons. Poverty Today Is A Cry.

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There Is So Much Noise In The World! May We Learn To Be Silent In Our Hearts And Before God.

When We Talk About The Environment, About Creation, My Thoughts Turn To The First Pages Of The Bible, The Book Of Genesis, Which States That God Placed Man And Woman On Earth To Cultivate And Care For It. And The Question Comes To My Mind: What Does Cultivating And Caring For The Earth Mean? Are We Truly Cultivating And Caring For Creation? Or Are We Exploiting And Neglecting It?

The Alliance Of Love Between A Man And A Woman, An Alliance For Life, Cannot Be Improvised, And Is Not Made In A Day.

Lord Jesus, Make Us Capable Of Loving As You Love.

The Holy Spirit Transforms And Renews Us, Creates Harmony And Unity, And Gives Us Courage And Joy For Mission.

Holy Week Challenges Us To Step Outside Ourselves So As To Attend To The Needs Of Others: Those Who Long For A Sympathetic Ear, Those In Need Of Comfort Or Help. We Should Not Simply Remain In Our Own Secure World, That Of The Ninety-nine Sheep Who Never Strayed From The Fold, But We Should Go Out, With Christ, In Search Of The One Lost Sheep, However Far It May Have Wandered.

We Are All Jars Of Clay, Fragile And Poor, Yet We Carry Within Us An Immense Treasure.

Mercy Is The True Power That Can Save Humanity And The World From Sin And Evil.

If We Want Security, Let Us Give Security; If We Want Life, Let Us Give Life; If We Want Opportunities, Let Us Provide Opportunities. The Yardstick We Use For Others Will Be The Yardstick Which Time Will Use For Us.

Accept The Risen Jesus Into Your Life. Even If You Have Been Far Away, Take A Small Step Towards Him. He Awaits You With Open Arms.

There Is A Need For Financial Reform Along Ethical Lines That Would Produce In Its Turn An Economic Reform To Benefit Everyone. This Would Nevertheless Require A Courageous Change Of Attitude On The Part Of Political Leaders.

Do Not Forget This: The Lord Never Wearies Of Forgiving! We Are The Ones Who Weary Of Asking For Forgiveness.

Don't Be Afraid To Go To The Sacrament Of Confession, Where You Will Meet Jesus Who Forgives You.

How Many People Worldwide Are Victims Of This Type Of Slavery, In Which The Person Is At The Service Of His Or Her Work, While Work Should Offer A Service To People So They May Have Dignity. I Ask My Brothers And Sisters In Faith And All Men And Women Of Good Will For A Decisive Choice To Combat Trafficking In Persons, Which Includes "slave Labor."

We Must Learn From Mary, And We Must Imitate Her Unconditional Readiness To Receive Christ In Her Life.

Gratitude Is A Flower That Blooms In Noble Souls.

I Would Like Especially To Mention You, The Women, Wives And Mothers Of Paraguay, Who At Great Cost And Sacrifice Were Able To Lift Up A Country Defeated, Devastated And Laid Low By An Abominable War. God Bless Your Perseverance, God Bless And Encourage Your Faith, God Bless The Women Of Paraguay, The Most Glorious Women Of America.

It Is True That Going Out On To The Street Implies The Risk Of Accidents Happening, As They Would To Any Ordinary Man Or Woman. But If The Church Stays Wrapped Up In Itself, It Will Age. And If I Had To Choose Between A Wounded Church That Goes Out On To The Streets And A Sick, Withdrawn Church, I Would Definitely Choose The First One.

Only Trust In God Can Transform Doubts Into Certainty, Evil Into Good, Night Into Radiant Dawn.

Sometimes We Are Tempted To Find Excuses And Complain, Acting As If We Could Only Be Happy If A Thousand Conditions Were Met...i Can Say That The Most Beautiful And Natural Expressions Of Joy Which I Have Seen In My Life Were In Poor People Who Had Little To Hold On To.

We Forget To Remain Focused On The Things That Really Matter.

Everyone Say To Himself: 'when Was The Last Time I Went To Confession?' And If It Has Been A Long Time, Don't Lose Another Day! Go, The Priest Will Be Good. And Jesus, (will Be) There, And Jesus Is Better Than The Priests - Jesus Receives You. He Will Receive You With So Much Love! Be Courageous, And Go To Confession.

This Generation, And Many Others, Have Been Led To Believe That The Devil Is A Myth, A Figure, An Idea, The Idea Of Evil... But The Devil Exists And We Must Fight Against Him.

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