The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives stunted for lack of opportunity seem a mere spectacle; they fail to move us.
The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.
Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out? And we do not let him out because of our own need for security, because so often we are locked into ephemeral structures that serve solely to make us slaves and not free children of God.
It is vital that government leaders and financial leaders take heed and broaden their horizons, working to ensure that all citizens have dignified work, education, and healthcare.
An evangelizer must never look like someone who has just come back from a funeral.
Gossip can also kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may seem like a nice thing, even amusing, like enjoying a candy. But in the end, it fills the heart with bitterness, and even poisons us.
It grieves me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car...
Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet. It is not by proselytizing that the Church grows, but by attraction.
Accompanying the people in their growth through good times and also through their difficulties, accompanying people in their joy and in their bad moments, in their difficulties when there is no work, ill health and the challenge of the Church.
Defend the unborn against abortion even if they persecute you, calumniate you, set traps for you, take you to court or kill you.
Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined to live for ever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.
The people that does not care for its children or grandparents is a people that has not future. Because it doesn’t have the strength or the memory to go forward...
Human life must always be defended from its beginning in the womb and must be recognised as a gift of God that guarantees the future of humanity.
While new rights are attributed to or indeed almost presumed by the individual, life is not always protected as the primary value and the primordial right of every human being. The ultimate aim of medicine remains the defence and promotion of life.
Let us say “Yes” to life and not death. Let us say “Yes” to freedom and not enslavement to the many idols of our time. In a word, let us say “Yes” to the God who is love, life and freedom, and who never disappoints.
Every conflict is emblematic of the throwaway culture.
It is not ‘progressive’ to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.
Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others.
God’s image is the married couple, a man and women, together. Not just the man. Not just the woman. No, both of them. That’s God’s image.
Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world.