Despite our sins, we can say with Peter: Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.
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.
Please pray with me for everyone in Sri Lanka and the Philippines as I begin my trip.
All men and women of good will are bound by the task of pursuing peace.
Fraternal love is the nearest testimony that we can give that Jesus is alive among us.
The Saints were not superhuman. They were people who loved God in their hearts, and who shared this joy with others.
Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.
The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to States, which are themselves charged with providing for the common good.
Life once conceived, must be protected with the utmost care; abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.
If there is no humility, love remains blocked.
Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.
There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.
How often we forget to dedicate ourselves to that which truly matters! We forget that we are children of God.