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There are many who eat but do not work and many who work but never have enough to eat…

Psalm 128:2 “By the labor of your hands you shall eat.”
“My child, this is the right order of things–that those who wish to eat should also work. Yet in this day, there are many who eat but do not work and many who work but never have enough to eat. Child, the balance will be [...]

Do not scorn either poverty or riches, but use everything I give you for my purposes and to my glory…

Mark 10:25-27 It is easier for a camel to pass through (the) eye of (a) needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings it is impossible, but [...]

Fast as a prayer of solidarity…

Revelation 6:6 I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures. It said, “A ration of wheat costs a day’s pay, and three rations of barley cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil or the wine.”

“My child, these days are upon you. Can there [...]

The fear of the Lord is your ally in these times…

Psalm 10:2 Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes.
“My beloved, do not imagine that I am deaf to the cries of the poor in this age. Do you see how all things are culminating in a great tsunami of calamity and suffering? Do not cease your [...]

Do not mistake silence for inactivity, for I have heard the cry of the poor…

Psalm 10:1  Why, LORD, do you stand at a distance and pay no heed to these troubled times?
“My child, do not mistake silence for inactivity, for I have heard the cry of the poor and mean to rescue them from their oppressors. The day of justice is coming. If I seem [...]

How few today understand that joy does not come with possessions, but in being possessed by God…

Proverbs 17: 1 Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.
“My child, how few today understand that joy does not come with possessions, but in being possessed by God. St. Clare* understood this well and was filled to overflowing with the goods of heaven. But first she needed to [...]

Do what you can to help the powerless…

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
“My child, it is the meek on earth who are trampled upon, whose few possessions are taken away. They have no one to speak for them. Who will come to their defense? I tell you, I will! Those who suffer want, who have no [...]