Holy Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty.
To celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation means to be wrapped in a warm embrace.
Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.
Suffering is a call to conversion: it reminds us of our frailty and vulnerability.
Beware of getting too comfortable! When we are comfortable, it’s easy to forget other people.
The person who gossips is a terrorist who drops a bomb, destroys, and they destroy others.
This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit – to spread the light and to tell the world of God’s love.
When Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need of repentance, or conversion: he did it to be among people who need forgiveness, among us sinners, and to take upon himself the burden of our sins.
The joy of the Gospel is for all people: no one can be excluded.
To build peace is difficult but to live without it is torment.
It seems that humanity is incapable of putting a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.
The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.
May we always care for our children, not counting the cost, so that they may never believe themselves to be mistakes, but always know their infinite worth.
We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life.
We all have the duty to do good.
You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.
Indifference to our neighbor and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience.
I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.
Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: It is enriched, not impoverished!
Dear young people, do not give up your dreams of a more just world!