Saint Gertrude Parish - Lasne

In the persecutions, sufferings, weariness, and oppressions of life and society, God does not leave us alone. He reveals himself as the One who takes our side. All of Scripture is woven with this thread, which tells of a God always on the side of the least among us, the orphans, the strangers, and the widows (cf. Deut 10:17-19). And in Jesus, his Son, God's closeness reaches the summit of love: this is why the presence and word of Christ become joy and jubilation for the poorest, for he came to proclaim the Good News to the poor and to preach the year of the Lord's favor (cf. Lk 4:18-19)/.../

Faced with our insignificance and poverty, God looks upon us like no other, and He loves us with an eternal love. And His Church, even today, perhaps especially in this era still marked by old and new forms of poverty, wants to be "mother of the poor, a place of welcome and justice" (Apostolic Exhortation Dilexite , no. 39).