I thank all missionaries, men and women who quietly work hard for the Lord and their brothers and sisters.

The joy of the Gospel is for all people: no one can be excluded.

Do not forget this: the Lord never wearies of forgiving! We are the ones who weary of asking for forgiveness.

Jesus is the one who brings God to us and us to God.

Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.

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

The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.