The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.

If we act like children of God, knowing that he loves us, our lives will be made new, filled with serenity and joy.

The fact is that woman was taken from a rib.

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which he cannot forgive if only we open ourselves to him.

The Lord is always there waiting to give us his love: it is an amazing thing, one which never ceases to surprise us!

I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they have this charism of giving you things you can build with.

The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation.