Once capital becomes an idol and guides people’s decisions, once greed for money presides over the entire socioeconomic system, it ruins society, it condemns and enslaves men and women, it destroys human fraternity, it sets people against one another and it even puts at risk our common home.
This is God’s way, the way of humility. It is the way of Jesus; there is no other. And there can be no humility without humiliation.
I don’t know if I had success or not. But I am afraid of myself. Why am I afraid of myself? I always feel – I don’t know – weak in the sense of not having power and also power is a fleeting thing, here today, gone tomorrow.
The Christian truth is attractive and persuasive because it responds to humanity’s deepest needs.
Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey.
God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.
My brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend that freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.
Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!
To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.
Holiness doesn’t mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.
There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us.
One day we will see our animals again in eternity of Christ. Paradise is open to all God’s creatures.
I try to lead a life where I don’t have to ask God for forgiveness.
It is necessary to broaden the opportunities for a stronger presence of women in the church.
Jesus washes the feet of the Apostles. Are we ready to serve others like this.
Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.
Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.
Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.
You cannot insult the faith of others.
Let us build our lives of faith on the rock who is Christ.