No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society.

This is precisely the reason for the dissatisfaction of some, who end up sad - sad priests - in some sense becoming collectors of antiques or novelties, instead of being shepherds living with 'the odor of the sheep.' This I ask you: Be shepherds, with the 'odor of the sheep,' make it real, as shepherds among your flock, fishers of men.

Our life must be centred on what is essential, on Jesus Christ. Everything else is secondary.

Sometimes we know what we have to do, but we lack the courage to do it. Let us learn from Mary how to make decisions, trusting in the Lord.

In the face of life’s difficulties, let us ask the Lord for the strength to remain joyful witnesses to our faith.

God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted.

Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext.