Love is more powerful, love gives life, love makes hope blossom in the wilderness.

If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.

The Christian family is missionary: it announces the love of God to the world.

Be close to the poor and to those in need, so as to touch in their flesh the wounded flesh of Jesus. Please, draw near to them!

How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others!

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.

How I wish everyone had decent work! It is essential for human dignity.