Things have a price and can be for sale. But people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.

We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.

How many of us, myself included, have lost our bearings; we are no longer attentive to the world in which we live; we don’t care; we don’t protect what God created for everyone, and we end up unable even to care for one another.

The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day.

If we act like children of God, knowing that he loves us, our lives will be made new, filled with serenity and joy.

The life of a family is filled with beautiful moments: rest, meals together, walks in the park or the countryside, visits to grandparents or to a sick person... But if love is missing, joy is missing, nothing is fun. Jesus gives always gives us that love: he is its endless source. In the sacrament he gives us his word and he gives us the bread of life, so that our joy may be complete.

Sometimes we know what we have to do, but we lack the courage to do it. Let us learn from Mary how to make decisions, trusting in the Lord.