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“ Ironically, …while many seek to become something through their money, it often undoes them; instead of finding themselves through the accumulation of possessions, they often end up losing themselves. Instead of getting more in touch with reality, they live in a fantasy world of their own illusions, disconnected from the true sources of happiness that can be found only in love emanating from a right relationship with God and others. ”

“ Many times I have spoken with you in my homilies about a lie which insidiously takes shape in the minds of human beings, a lie that multiplies sins and diminishes the good deeds that each of us ought to practice as citizens. This lie [we tell ourselves] is to think that we possess as owners and lords those things given to us for our use in life. Because we hold on tightly to this lie, we fight violently, make war, press charges, [and] go to whatever extreme to cling to the material things as if they were essential goods. ”

“ And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory. ”

“ We’re called to be namers. And the namer’s job is to help a person be who he or she is supposed to be, to feel that they are a person, a thou, and not an it. When we name someone, we are connected to them, for naming and loving are never far apart. ”