Living together is an art. It's a patient art, it's a beautiful art, it's fascinating.
Interpretation
Living together requires effort and creativity to nurture meaningful connections.
This quote by Pope Francis suggests that the act of cohabitating and maintaining relationships involves artistic qualities, such as patience and beauty. It highlights that fostering harmonious connections necessitates ongoing effort and an appreciation for the intricate dynamics that make relationships valuable and captivating.
In practice
During a marriage ceremony, highlighting the importance of patience and art in living together.
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.
I am one of those people who are out of touch with their emotions. I tend to treat my emotions like unpleasant relatives - a long-distance call once or twice or year is more than enough. If I got in touch with them, they might come to stay.
Is there something about the gay experience, being gay and the gay experience, that pushes us even more than other people toward competition?
Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.
I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
You know what they say: A woman needs a man about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.
The simplest consequence of walking on crutches is that you walk slower. Every step must be a necessary one. When you hurry, you get where you're going, but you get there alone. When you go slow, you get where you're going, but you get there with a community you've built along the way.
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