Let us pray for peace, and let us bring it about, starting in our own homes.

Are you angry with someone? Pray for that person. That is what Christian love is.

It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about.

It seems that humanity is incapable of putting a halt to the shedding of innocent blood.

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.

When I confess a couple who have kids, a married couple, I ask, 'how many children do you have?' Some get worried and think the priest will ask why I don't have more. I would make a second question, 'Do you play with your children?' The majority say, 'but father, I have no time. I work all day.'

God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that surpass our calculations and ways of thinking.