Poverty Reflection

We must continue doing what we are called to do by responding to the cries of people in our midst who are needy. Yet, we must also accept in faith that we cannot fulfill every need or solve every problem of human pain and suffering. We believe that we live betwixt and between the times, in the “already and the not yet,” for the reign of God may never be fully realized among us in our lifetime. The mystery of the Incarnation reminds us that Jesus did not come to take away pain and suffering or to solve the dilemma of human existence, but rather to fill it with his presence, and thus to transfigure and transform human life and indeed all of creation.

—Vision 2000, Catholic Charities USA