"The word of God unleashes the power of the Holy Spirit, a
power that draws people to God, like those young fisherman who were struck by
Jesus’ words, and sends others, like Jonah, towards those distant from the
Lord. The word draws us to God and sends us to others. It draws us
to God and sends us to others: that is how it works. It does not leave us
self-absorbed, but expands hearts, changes courses, overturns habits, opens up
new scenarios and discloses unthought-of horizons."
--Pope Francis, Homily, January 21, 2024
“A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the
glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will
look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge
sums of money in Asia, Africa and South America, only to take the profits out
with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say: ‘This is
not just.’”
--Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929--1968)