Like Mary, may we nurture the light born within us at Christmas. May we carry it everywhere in our daily lives.

Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.

A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person.

There is an ideological colonization we have to be careful of that tries to destroy the family.

In this Year of Faith, we pray to the Lord that the Church may always be a true family that brings God’s love to everyone.

Everyone say to himself: 'When was the last time I went to confession?' And if it has been a long time, don't lose another day! Go, the priest will be good. And Jesus, (will be) there, and Jesus is better than the priests - Jesus receives you. He will receive you with so much love! Be courageous, and go to confession.