Birth: December 17, 1936
Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be warmed by the tenderness of God; we n….
Art in the Church fundamentally exists for evangelization.
I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they have this charism of giving you things you c….
Lent is a good time for sacrificing. Let us deny ourselves something every day to help others..
Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God..
Our Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians..
They are our future, and we must have a dialogue. This dialogue between the past and the future is important. Because of this I underline so much the….
...when food is shared in a fair way, with solidarity, when no one is deprived, every community can meet the needs of the poorest. Human ecology and ….
The cross is the price of true love. Lord, give us the strength to accept and carry our crosses!.
Humility saves man: pride makes him lose his way..
The vocation of being a 'protector' [. . .] means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells us and as Sa….
There are no part-time Christians..
The Church, in her wisdom, maintains the distinction between engaged and married couples -- they are not the same, today's culture and society have b….
Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them.... At times we lose people because they don….
Let those desert places in our hearts bloom..
In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defensel….
We all have in our hearts some areas of unbelief. Let us say to the Lord: I believe! Help my unbelief..
Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering..
Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people's pain, and fee….
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..
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes ….