Birth: December 17, 1936
Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples..
Let us seek to live in a way that is always worthy of our Christian vocation.
Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us..
God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that s….
We cannot take a step in our Christian life without the help of the Lord, because we are weak..
How beautiful it is to see that young people are 'street preachers,' joyfully bringing Jesus to every street, every town square and every corner of t….
Jesus is God but he humbled himself to walk with us. He is our friend, our brother..
Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them with concrete acts of love..
And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God..
Christianity spreads through the joy of disciples who know that they are loved and saved..
I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well as to followers of every r….
Christian witness is concrete: words without actions are empty..
Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society..
God’s goodness is stronger than any evil!.
If God, in the Christmas mystery, reveals himself not as One who remains on high and dominates the universe, but as the One who bends down, descends ….
He who doesn't pray to the Lord prays to the devil..
Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent..
Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your plans and dreams?.
Certainly, possessions, money, and power can give a momentary thrill, the illusion of being happy, but they end up possessing us and making us always….
I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner..
I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, pro….