It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly.

Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them with concrete acts of love.

I would like to say something just about the Mexican people. It is a population that has a wealth, such great wealth, a people that surprises.

Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey. To those who suffer, God does not provide arguments which explain everything; rather, his response is that of an accompanying presence, a history of goodness which touches every story of suffering and opens up a ray of light.

Pay attention, my young friends: to go against the current; this is good for the heart, but we need courage to swim against the tide. ... We Christians were not chosen by the Lord for little things; push onwards toward the highest principles. Stake your lives on noble ideals, my dear young people!

Every expression of true beauty can be acknowledged as a path leading to an encounter with the Lord Jesus.