Wonders of charity

I don’t mean to dwell at length here on the marvels of supernatural charity and the real, affectionate love that have been part of your life from the very beginning of the Work. Many souls have discovered the Gospel in the Christian warmth they find in our home, where no one can feel alone, and no one can suffer the bitterness of other people’s indifference.

Charity towards all

But I must not cease to remind you insistently that it is Christ’s charity that urges us on: Caritas enim Christi urget nos (2 Cor 5:14). Our Lord asks us for a love that knows no limits, a love that is shown in deeds of service¹⁵ for all people of every nation, tongue, religion, or race, because Jesus Christ died for everyone, so that all might become children of God, our brothers and sisters. Within the order of charity, there can be no discrimination on the grounds of a person’s views or position regarding worldly matters, since our objectives are exclusively supernatural.

Witness to the holiness of the Church

If we work like that, fraternally, loyally, shoulder to shoulder with everyone, and teach other people to do the same, we will be showing the Holy Church as a living reality, which lives in a special way in her saints, for there are always saints in some part of the Mystical Body.

Love for the world

We need to show sincere love for all mankind – a necessary manifestation of the love we have for God;¹⁶ and love for the world we live in too, love for all the noble realities of the earth, which are also the object of God’s love.¹⁷ So just forget about your own smallness and wretchedness, my daughters and sons, and set your eyes and heart on this surging river of living water, the Work, which is doing all it can to help fill mankind with charity, joy and peace.