Everything is a gift from God: it is only by recognizing this crucial dependence on the Creator that we will find freedom and peace.

God's love for his people is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.

The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.

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.

The missionary experience is part of Christian formation and it is important for adolescents and young people to be able to live it personally.

If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!

Before His gaze all falsehood melts away. This encounter with Him, as it burns us, transforms and frees us, allowing us to become truly ourselves... His gaze, the touch of His heart heals us through an undeniably painful transformation "as through fire". But it is a blessed pain, in which the holy power of His love sears through us like a flame, enabling us to become totally ourselves and thus totally of God.