In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and the disadvantaged.
Let Jesus preach to you, and and let Jesus heal you. We are all wounded. Everyone.
Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor.
We are all called to be friends with Jesus. Don’t be afraid to love the Lord.
Where there is calumny, there is Satan himself.
The great biblical tradition enjoins on all peoples the duty to hear the voice of the poor. It bids us break the bonds of injustice and oppression which give rise to glaring, and indeed scandalous, social inequalities.
If my good friend Dr. Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch. It’s normal. It’s normal.
It is by God’s mercy that we are saved. May we never tire of spreading this joyful message to the world.
It seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to our future generation.
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’.