The life of a family is filled with beautiful moments: rest, meals together, walks in the park or the countryside, visits to grandparents or to a sick person... But if love is missing, joy is missing, nothing is fun. Jesus gives always gives us that love: he is its endless source. In the sacrament he gives us his word and he gives us the bread of life, so that our joy may be complete.

Dear young people, pray with me for peace in the world.

To live as true children of God means to love our neighbour and to be close to those who are lonely and in difficulty

This is God's way, the way of humility. It is the way of Jesus; there is no other. And there can be no humility without humiliation.

I want to express my closeness to the people of the Philippines who have been struck by a strong earthquake, and I invite you to pray for that dear nation, which in recent days has suffered different calamities.

If priest is closed to forgiveness, he won't receive it, because he locked the door from the inside. And what remains is to pray for the Lord to open that door. To forgive you must be willing. But not everyone can receive or know how to receive it, or are just not willing to receive it.

The Internet offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.