Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving the world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for the area in which it operates, especially if it sees the creation of jobs as an essential part of its service to the common good. This common good also includes the earth... the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.

It is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present.

If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans.

Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

Do not forget this: the Lord never wearies of forgiving! We are the ones who weary of asking for forgiveness.

The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful.