A tension or difficulty can signal the approach of a new grace of God. But it has to be looked at wisely and humanly.

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves.

Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.

Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all of our weaknesses are accepted as part of our humanity can our negative, broken self-images be transformed.

We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they are incapable of doing things by themselves. To love someone is to reveal to them their capacities for life, the light that is shining in them.

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.