One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people’s faith, one cannot make fun of faith.
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!
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.