If we are truly in love with Christ and if we sense how much he loves us, our heart will ‘light up’ with a joy that spreads to everyone around us.
Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families.
In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could lead to a hardness of heart, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of the boundless love of God, in order to experience his tenderness.
The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus.
The family is where we are formed as people. Every family is a brick in the building of society.
How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.
God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who brought everything to life.
May we learn to say “thank you” to God and to one another. We teach children to do it, and then we forget to do it ourselves!
God reveals Himself through surprises.
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.