The real power is love, that which empowers others, that which arouses action, that which no chain is able to hold back, for even on the Cross or on the death bed one is able to love. One does not need youthful beauty, nor recognition or approval, nor money or prestige. Let love simply bloom...and it is unstoppable.

But please know, Jesus never lets you down. Please know that the love and tenderness of Mother Mary never lets you down. And holding on to her mantle and with the power that comes from Jesus love on the cross, let us move forward, always forward, and walk together as brothers and sisters in the Lord forward.

Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world.

Spiritual worldliness kills! It kills the soul! It kills the Church!

The Cross is the Word through which God has responded to evil in the world.

We need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished, and protected.

Let us always pray for one another.