As a picture painted in yellow always radiates spiritual warmth, or as one in blue has apparently a cooling effect, so green is only boring.
A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor.
A church of dialogue in the contemporary world. . . a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it.
We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all.
However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.
The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.
In fact, a large majority of those have died and of those expected to die of AIDS, as well as of those who are infected with the virus, are in sub-Saharan Africa.
The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?
As I have always found, and often am forced to remember, to all things there is a beginning and an end.
Just keep working. I've been working hard, so just keep on doing what I've been doing.
You always knew when Seve walked in a room even if you had your back to him. He oozed charisma and brought a whole new meaning to aura.