Balance, he said, does not come from clergy or from the pope. Balance comes from the People of God living in community and balance is the lived reality. As church if we want to know if we're on the right road, if we need assurance we have to act in solidarity with the dispossessed, the victims of power. In such an ambiguous world, he added, we must find the good in this age. When Jesus Christ came into the world, it was not a particularly holy age, and yet if we want to evangelize we must have an eye out for the kingdom of God, working in our midst.
Grace is a sheer gift.