The love of God is not generic. God looks with love upon every man and woman, calling them by name.

When everything falls apart, only one thing sustains our hope: God loves us, he loves everyone!

When Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need of repentance, or conversion: he did it to be among people who need forgiveness, among us sinners, and to take upon himself the burden of our sins.

You have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples to whom you belong. . . . [W]e have to follow Christ along the concrete path of our daily lives so that he can transform us.

American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination. With countless other people of good will, they are likewise concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty.

Christ comes among us at Christmas: it is the perfect time for a personal encounter with the Lord.

God does not reveal himself in strength or power, but in the weakness and fragility of a newborn babe.