Introduction. Jesus’ dream was nothing less than the creation of a society rooted in dignity and aligned with the Father’s Plan. While this Plan will reach its fullness in the hereafter, it begins—and must begin—to take shape in this life through the transformation of human society. Because it concerns the social order, it cannot remain confined to the interior life of individuals; it necessarily carries political and communal implications. Jesus envisioned a society in which people share who...

Inspiration. Jesus said: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.” (Mt 7:21) God does not allow Himself to be confined by religious rituals: prayers, Masses, sacrifices... God is encountered in life itself, in everyday life, in the midst of the world. God comes to meet us in the hidden depths of that everyday life, made up of monotonous tasks and duties, joys and sorrows, and a multitude of...

At the Second Vatican Council, the Church developed and described a concrete image of the modern world—with its lights and shadows, imbalances, aspirations, and deepest questions—and, approaching it with genuine love and affection, sought to discover, through faith, the true signs of God’s presence and plans. And instead of depressing diagnoses and dire predictions, it sends messages of hope to the world—Easter hope—because it knows that the Lord is the end of history and the fulfillment of...