The lines below are found within Pope Francis’ message. We invite you to prepare for September 29th by using these lines as a prayerful reflection. May these lines challenge us to move from thinking it is all about ‘them’ to including the reality that it is also about ‘us’.
It is not just about migrants:
it is also about our fears.
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It is not just about migrants:
it is about charity
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It is not just about migrants:
it is about our humanity
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It is not just about migrants:
it is a question of seeing that no one is excluded.
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It is not just about migrants:
it is about putting the last in first place.
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It is not just about migrants:
it is about the whole person, about all people.
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It is not just about migrants:
it is about building the city of God and man.
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It is not only the cause of migrants that is at stake;
it is not just about them,
but about all of us, and about the present and future of the human family.