Negative feelings choke the Lord’s word in us.
Let us ask Mary to help us fix our eyes intently on Jesus, to follow him always, even when this is demanding.
Lord Jesus, make us capable of loving as you love.
To follow Jesus means to share his merciful love for every human being.
I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace.
The Cross is the Word through which God has responded to evil in the world.
We all have in our hearts some areas of unbelief. Let us say to the Lord: I believe! Help my unbelief.
We must walk united with our differences: there is no other way to become one. This is the way of Jesus.
In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly.
Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from lack of love.
Without a solution to the problems of the poor, we will not solve the problems of the world. We need projects, mechanisms and processes to implement better distribution of resources, from the creation of new jobs to the integral promotion of those who are excluded’.
To be saints is not a privilege for a few, but a vocation for everyone.
I would like to ask you a question: how many of you pray to the Holy Spirit every day? Probably few, but we must satisfy this desire of Jesus and pray every day to the Holy Spirit, so that he opens our heart towards Jesus.
To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.
How powerful prayer is! May we never lose the courage to say: Lord, give us your peace.
Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with you in the faith of the one who has conquered evil!
I want to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been struck by a strong earthquake, and I invite you to pray for that dear nation, which in recent days has suffered different calamities.
Let’s return to our first love, in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth.
To be a mother is a great treasure. Mothers, in their unconditional and sacrificial love for their children, are the antidote to individualism; they are the greatest enemies against war.
Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits.