“In
this period of crisis today, it is important not to turn in on ourselves,
burying our own talent, our spiritual, intellectual, and material riches,
everything that the Lord has given us; but, rather to open ourselves, to be
supportive, to be attentive to others. Set your stakes on great ideals, the ideals
that enlarge the heart, the ideals of service that make your talents
fruitful. Life is not given to us to be
jealously guarded for ourselves, but is given to us so that we may give it in
turn.”
Pope
Francis, to an audience on April 24, 2013
