Be responsible for this world and for the life of each person. Consider that every injustice against a poor person is an open wound and belittles your very dignity. Life does not stop at your existence, and other generations will come into this world to follow ours and still many others. Each day, ask God for the gift of courage. … Always have the courage of truth but remember you are not superior to anyone. Always remember this: you are superior to no one. Even should you be the last one who believes in the truth, do not for this reason spurn the company of people. Even should you live in the silence of a hermitage, bear in your heart the suffering of every creature. You are Christian; and in prayer you offer everything to God.

(~ from Pope Francis’ “A Light in the Night – Meditations on Hope.” (Jubilee 2025), A Light in the Darkness)

He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

Jesus has given us a light that shines in the darkness: defend it; protect it. That single light is the greatest treasure entrusted to your life. And above all, dream! Do not be afraid to dream. Dream! Dream of a world which cannot yet be seen, but which will surely arrive. Hope leads us to believe in the existence of a creation which expands until the definitive fulfillment, when God will be everything in everyone. Men and women capable of imagination have given mankind the gifts of scientific and technological discoveries. They have sailed the oceans; they have tread on lands on which no one has ever set foot before. The men and women who have sown hope are also those who have conquered slavery and brought about better living conditions on this earth.

(~ from Pope Francis’ “A Light in the Night – Meditations on Hope.” (Jubilee 2025), A Light in the Darkness))

He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.

… there is a Father who weeps with us; there is a Father who sheds tears of infinite compassion for his children. We have a Father who knows how to weep, who weeps with us. A Father who awaits us in order to console us because he knows our suffering and has prepared a different future for us. This is the great vision of Christian hope, which expands over all the days of our life, and seeks to raise us up once more.

(~ from Pope Francis’ “A Light in the Night – Meditations on Hope.” (Jubilee 2025), Make All Things New)

From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.