Oh Mary, star of the sea, once again we recourse to thee, to find refuge and sernity, to implore your protection and help. Mother of God and our Mother, turn your sweet gaze towards those who face the dangers of the sea everyday to guarantee their families the necessary sustenance for life, to protect the respect of creation, to serve peace between peoples.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.

Indifference towards those in need is not acceptable for a Christian.

Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.

From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.

Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like Him.

A Senate vote on gay marriage is a destructive pretension against the plan of God