In This Year Of Faith,

One Form Of Prayer Moves Us Particularly To Take Up The Task Of Evangelization And To Seek The Good Of Others: It Is The Prayer Of Intercession. Let Us Peer For A Moment Into The Heart Of Saint Paul, To See What His Prayer Was Like. It Was Full Of People: "...i Constantly Pray With You In Every One Of My Prayers For All Of You... Because I Hold You In My Heart" (phil 1:4, 7). Here We See That Intercessory Prayer Does Not Divert Us From True Contemplation, Since Authentic Contemplation Always Has A Place For Others.

Jesus Teaches Us To Put The Needs Of The Poor Ahead Of Our Own, Our Needs, Even If Legitimate, Will Never Be So Urgent As Those Of The Poor, Who Lack The Necessities Of Life.

The Youth Say Stupid Things And They Say Good Things, As We Do, As Everyone Does. But Hear Them, Speak With Them, Because We Must Learn From Them And They Must Learn From Me, From Us.

Man Has Slapped Nature In The Face. If You Slap It, It Will Slap You Back.

Things From The Heart Don't Have An Explanation.