Say no to an ephemeral, superficial and throwaway culture, a culture that assumes that you are incapable of taking on responsibility and facing the great challenges of life!
Do not feel discouraged by all the challenges and hardships you might face. I ask you not to forget that, like those who came here before you, you bring many gifts to this new nation of yours.
If someone is gay and seeks the Lord with good will, who am I to judge?
Joy cannot be held at heel: it must be let go. Joy is a pilgrim virtue. It is a gift that walks, walks on the path of life, that walks with Jesus: preaching, proclaiming Jesus, proclaiming joy, lengthens and widens that path.
An authentic faith always implies a deep desire to change the world.
Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.
There is the tendency to place ourselves and our ambitions at the center of our lives. This is very human, but it is not Christian.
Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.
Dear young people, listen within: Christ is knocking at the door of your heart.
Let’s say ‘Yes’ to life and ‘No’ to death.
Despite our sins, we can say with Peter: Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.
We cannot trust in our own strength, but only in Jesus and in his mercy.
It’s like in soccer: you have to deal with the penalties where they fall; you can’t choose where they’re going to land. Life is like that, and you have to deal with it even if you don’t like it.
On the ordination of women, the church has spoken and said no. John Paul II, in a definitive formulation said that door is closed.
It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can’t do this. A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please, choose a more humble one. If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger in the world.
If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments.
Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.
Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood.
God’s goodness is stronger than any evil!
Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.