Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.

Advent's intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church's year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart's memory so that it can discern the star of hope.

The Catechism was not written to please you. It will not make life easy for you, because it demands of you a new life.

The horizon of love is truly boundless: it is the whole world!

In the world in which we live, it is almost a necessity to be able to regain one's strength of body and spirit, especially for those who live in the city, where the conditions of life, often feverish, leave little room for silence, reflection and relaxed contact with nature.

God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved.

If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.