Pope John Paul the First: His final Angelus was his testament

Pope John Paul I 

Pope John Paul I reigned very briefly, yet he left us a number of  spiritual pearls. I came across this and would like to share it with you. It is from the Holy Father's final Angelus Address prior to his death. In part the Holy Father wrote: 

People sometimes say: "we are in a society that is all rotten, all dishonest." That is not true. There are still so many good people, so many honest people. Rather, what can be done to improve society? I would say: let each of us try to be good and to infect others with a goodness imbued with the meekness and love taught by Christ. Christ's golden rule was: "do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. Do to others what you want done to yourself." 'And he always gave. Put on the cross, not only did he forgive those who crucified him, but he excused them. He said: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." This is Christianity, these are sentiments which, if put into practice would help society so much.

The full Address may be read here.