Pope Francis: “The choice is between God and other gods who do not have the power to give us anything other than trivial, pithy little things that pass.”

Pope Francis: “The little ones, the weak, the poor must provoke our tenderness.”

Pope Francis: “Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits.”

Pope Francis: “Indifferent individualism leads to the cult of opulence reflected in the throwaway culture all around us. We have a surfeit of unnecessary things, but we no longer have the capacity to build authentic human relationships marked by truth and mutual respect.”

Bishop Robert McElroy: “All forms of marginalization which deny the dignity of the human person are antithetical to the Gospel and repugnant to God.”

Pope Francis: “Never refuse baptism to those who request it.”

Pope Francis: “Jesus Christ is always waiting to be recognized in migrants and refugees, in displaced persons and in exiles, and through them he calls us to share our resources, and occasionally to give up something of our acquired riches.”