Changing our lives ...

68. Those who listen to their brothers and sisters and open up to God's presence and action will begin, little by little, to question their own habits of life. The race for affluence — which more and more people are joining in, often in a world of increasing poverty — will gradually give way to a greater simplicity of life which is already a distant memory in so many countries. This becomes possible once again, and even desirable, as soon as concern for appearances is no longer a consumer's choice.

Lastly, those who thus agree to change their views in order to adopt the view that God has shown usin the words of Christ, and to reflect on the consequences of our actions, whether apparently important or insignificant, will be enabled to place themselves at the service of the common good and of the integral advancement of all humanity and each and every human being.