Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world.

At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.

God loves us. May we discover the beauty of loving and being loved.

I will be praying with my best wishes that the Orthodox move ahead because they are brothers and their bishops are bishops like us.

Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity.

When we talk about the environment, about creation, my thoughts turn to the first pages of the Bible, the Book of Genesis, which states that God placed man and woman on earth to cultivate and care for it. And the question comes to my mind: What does cultivating and caring for the earth mean? Are we truly cultivating and caring for creation? Or are we exploiting and neglecting it?

When we meet a person truly in need, do we see the face of God?