You can't provoke, you can't insult the faith of others, you can't make fun of faith.

Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.

Being a Christian means renouncing ourselves, taking up the cross and carrying it with Jesus. There is no other way.

No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.

Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do it, you can ask for a dispensation, you leave, and everything is OK. On the other hand, to make a sacrament (marriage), which is for your whole life, three to four conferences...Preparation for marriage is very important. It's very, very important because I believe it is something that in the Church, in common pastoral ministry, at least in my country, in South America, the Church has not valued much.

There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness