God asks everything of us, yet at the same time he offers everything to us.

We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity.

We should commit ourselves to 'eucharistic coherence,' that is, we should be conscious that people cannot receive holy communion and at the same time act or speak against the commandments, in particular when abortions, euthanasia, and other serious crimes against life and family are facilitated. This responsibility applies particularly to legislators, governors, and health professionals.

We become fully human when we become more than human, when we let God bring us beyond ourselves.

No one is saved alone, as an isolated individual, but God attracts us looking at the complex web of relationships that take place in the human community. God enters into this dynamic, this participation in the web of human relationships.

One cannot offend, make war, kill in the name of one's own religion, that is, in the name of God.