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

My people are poor and I am one of them.

When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so. God is not a demiurge [demigod] or a magician, but the Creator who gives being to all entities. Evolution in nature is not opposed to the notion of Creation, because evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve.

Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus.

Families have a citizenship which is divine. The identity card they have is given to them by God. So that within the heart of the family, truth, goodness and beauty may truly grow.

Let us not have a computer psychology that makes us think we know it all. All answers on computers - but no surprises. The challenge of love. God reveals himself through surprises.

The poor is the center of the Gospel. If we take out the poor, we cannot understand the message of Christ