Occupation: Priest Birth: May 18, 1920 Death: April 2, 2005
In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unit….
If development is the new name for peace, war and preparations for war are the major enemy of the healthy development of peoples. If we take the comm….
Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he d….
Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by th….
The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he might hinder the preaching of God's word of Salvation to the people..
The human person is a unique composite - a unity of spirit and matter, soul and body, fashioned in the image of God and destined to live forever. Eve….
It is pleasant to spend time with Him, to lie close to His breast like the Beloved Disciple and to feel the infinite love present in His Heart....how….
Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the "Father from whom all….
Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life..
If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons..
There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy - that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the….
God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us..
This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist.
The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven..
The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity..
It is unbecoming for a cardinal to ski badly..
And everything else will then turn out to be unimportant and inessential except this: father, child, and love. And then, looking at the simplest thin….
See everything. Ignore a lot. Improve a little..
When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then the 'urge' towards God sp….
Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord. If we look on….
Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history..