If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.
Interpretation
Prioritizing wealth and possessions can lead to a loss of freedom and control over our lives.
This quote by Pope Francis emphasizes the dangers of allowing materialism to dominate our lives. When we become overly focused on money and possessions, we risk losing our true selves and becoming enslaved to these pursuits, losing our freedom and deeper sense of purpose in life.
In practice
During a seminar on personal fulfillment, to highlight the importance of values over possessions.
We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.
The hard and stiff will be broken. _x000D_ The soft and supple will prevail.
Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.
A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.
I'm a practical person. Most fashion people live in the clouds, and they're full of it. I live like a human being - or, I try to - and I have to be intelligent; I have to be practical. I'm a great believer in common sense, and the older I get, I see that common sense is not that common.
We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.
I know more than I can express in words, and the little I can express would not have been expressed, had I not known more.
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