If sadness comes to you one day with an invitation, tell it you are committed to joy and will be faithful to it your whole life long.
We cannot sleep peacefully while babies are dying of hunger and the elderly are without medical assistance.
It is through an unbroken chain of witnesses that we come to see the face of Jesus.
We can study the whole history of salvation, we can study the whole of Theology, but without the Spirit we cannot understand. It is the Spirit that makes us realize the truth or – in the words of Our Lord – it is the Spirit that makes us know the voice of Jesus.
Poverty is the center of the gospel.
I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.
The goods of the earth are meant for everyone.
Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when we mix it with business. The relationship between the Church and political power can also be corrupted if common good is not the only converging point.
Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.
The key that opens the door to the faith is prayer.
That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ.
God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted.
We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us.
It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself.
In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves.
A great challenge: stop ruining the garden which God has entrusted to us so that all may enjoy it.
When everything falls apart, only one thing sustains our hope: God loves us, he loves everyone!
The teachings of the Gospel have direct consequences for our way of thinking, feeling and living.
It does not render justice to the victims, but rather fosters vengeance.
Every expression of true beauty can be acknowledged as a path leading to an encounter with the Lord Jesus.