God always forgives, always. But he asks that I forgive. If I don’t forgive, in a certain sense I am closing the door to God’s forgiveness.
May the God of peace arouse in all an authentic desire for dialogue and reconciliation. Violence cannot be overcome with violence. Violence is overcome with peace.
Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian.
Filipinos are called to be outstanding missionaries of faith in Asia.
Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor, from the hungry!
I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material things!
Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity.
Dear young people, please, don’t be observers of life, but get involved. Jesus did not remain an observer, but he immersed himself. Don’t be observers, but immerse yourself in the reality of life, as Jesus did.
Mercy is the true power that can save humanity and the world from sin and evil.
One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people’s faith, one cannot make fun of faith.
Some think, excuse me if I use the word, that in order to be good Catholics, we have to be like rabbits – but no.
The fact is, woman was taken from a rib.
When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so. He created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment.
To be wise use three languages: think well, feel well and do well. And to be wise allow yourselves to be surprised by the love of God. That will guarantee a good life.
A fundamental role in the renewal of society is played, of course, by the family and especially by young people.
Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary enthusiasm!
The Church in the Philippines is called to acknowledge and combat the causes of the deeply rooted inequality and injustice which mar the face of Filipino society, plainly contradicting the teaching of Christ.
At stake are the lives of many children who will be discriminated against in advance, and deprived of their human development given by a father and a mother and willed by God. At stake is the total rejection of God’s law engraved in our hearts.
Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others.
The cross is the price of true love. Lord, give us the strength to accept and carry our crosses!