May we try to listen and be silent in order to make space for the beauty of God.

If we don’t think about God, everything ends up being about 'me' and my own comfort.

Being a Christian is not just about following commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.

Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a “disposable” culture which is now spreading. It is no longer simply about exploitation and oppression, but something new. Exclusion ultimately has to do with what it means to be a part of the society in which we live; those excluded are no longer society’s underside or its fringes or its disenfranchised – they are no longer even a part of it. The excluded are not the “exploited” but the outcast, the “leftovers”.

Dear young people, please, don’t be observers of life, but get involved. Jesus did not remain an observer, but he immersed himself. Don’t be observers, but immerse yourself in the reality of life, as Jesus did.

The mercy of Jesus is not just sentiment: indeed it is a force that gives life, that raises man up!

Whoever says he is without sin is a liar or is blind.