Praying actualizes and deepens our communion with God. Our prayer can and should arise above all from our heart, from our needs, our hopes, our joys, our sufferings, from our shame over sin, and from our gratitude from the good. It can and should be a wholly personal prayer.

You have before you the task of seeking new ways to announce Christ in situations of rapid and often profound transformation, and of emphasizing the missionary character of all pastoral activity.

There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the Gospel, by the encounter with Christ. There is nothing more beautiful than to know Him and to speak to others of our friendship with Him.

Men and women were created for something great, for infinity. Nothing else will ever be enough.

God is our Father and loves us, even when his silence remains incomprehensible.

I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and how to act, even with insufficient tools.

Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family.