The Lord Is Always There

No One Is Saved Alone, As An Isolated Individual, But God Attracts Us Looking At The Complex Web Of Relationships That Take Place In The Human Community. God Enters Into This Dynamic, This Participation In The Web Of Human Relationships.

This Concern For The Poor Is In The Gospel, It Is Within The Tradition Of The Church, It Is Not An Invention Of Communism And It Must Not Be Turned Into An Ideology, As Has Sometimes Happened Before In The Course Of History.

Unfortunately, What Is Thrown Away Is Not Only Food And Dispensable Objects, But Often Human Beings Themselves, Who Are Discarded As 'unnecessary.' For Example, It Is Frightful Even To Think There Are Children, Victims Of Abortion, Who Will Never See The Light Of Day; Children Being Used As Soldiers, Abused And Killed In Armed Conflicts; And Children Being Bought And Sold In That Terrible Form Of Modern Slavery Which Is Human Trafficking, Which Is A Crime Against Humanity.

Auschwitz Cries Out With The Pain Of Immense Suffering And Pleads For A Future Of Respect, Peace And Encounter Among Peoples.

Faith Is Not A Light Which Scatters All Our Darkness, But A Lamp Which Guides Our Steps In The Night And Suffices For The Journey. To Those Who Suffer, God Does Not Provide Arguments Which Explain Everything; Rather, His Response Is That Of An Accompanying Presence, A History Of Goodness Which Touches Every Story Of Suffering And Opens Up A Ray Of Light.