«Let's not say that today it is more difficult;
it's different. Let's learn rather
by the saints who have gone before us
and they faced the difficulties
characteristic of their era".
"Rethinking my life, it seems to me that I can gather it under two words: "Respexit pauperem". The Lord has enveloped me in his gratuity: priest, bishop, patriarch of Venice and cardinal, are the signs of a love that has brought my life. "Respexit pauperem": I thank him and bless him. Venice was a great gift for me: I loved it and I was loved in return above all my merits. Venice was truly my home and my family."
«Let's not say that today it is more difficult;
it's different. Let's learn rather
by the saints who have gone before us
and they faced the difficulties
characteristic of their era".