It's best to not confuse optimism with hope. Optimism is a psychological attitude toward life. Hope goes further. It is an anchor that one hurls toward the future, it's what lets you pull on the line and reach what you're aiming for and head in the right direction. Hope is also theological: God is there, too.

Do good: we will meet one another there.

A Church without women is like the college of the Apostles without Mary... Our Lady is more important than the Apostles! She is more important! The Church is feminine. She is Church, she is bride, she is mother.

The Christian who does not feel that the Virgin Mary is his or her mother is an orphan.

Don’t be afraid to ask God for forgiveness. He never tires of forgiving us. God is pure mercy.

Who am I to judge a gay person?

Each encounter with Jesus fills us with joy, with that deep joy which only God can give.