Pope Francis: “The Lord frees us from ambition and rivalry, which undermine unity and communion. He frees us from distrust, sadness…He frees us from fear, internal emptiness, isolation, regret, and complaints…Christ frees us from this existential grayness.”
President Obama: “The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word “We.” We The People. We Shall Overcome. Yes We Can. It is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone. Oh, what a glorious task we are given, to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.”
Pope Francis: “If we are too attached to riches, we are not free. We are slaves.”
Bishop Robert W. McElroy: “We are called to understand that as people of faith, people of justice, as children of the one God, we are called to see ourselves in solidarity with all of the peoples of the world….to build an international order, which truly speaks of justice and freedom linked together.”
Pope Francis: “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.”
Pope Francis: “What is the most important subject you have to learn in life? To learn how to love. This is the challenge that life offers you: To learn how to love. Not just accumulating information without knowing what to do with it. But through that love, that that information bear fruit.”
Pope Francis: “The flag of the poor is Christian. Poverty is at the center of the Gospel. The poor are at the center of the Gospel. Let’s take Matthew 25, the protocol on which we will be judged: I was hungry, I was thirsty, I was in prison, I was sick, naked.”
