Gay parenting is a rejection of God's law engraved in our hearts

We don't need youth museums but we do need holy young people.

Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need.

Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man.

Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity.

For us Christians, love of neighbour springs from love of God; and it is its most limpid expression. Here one tries to love one's neighbour, but also to allow oneself to be loved by one's neighbour. These two attitudes go together, one cannot be exercised without the other. Printed on the letterhead of the Missionaries of Charity are these words of Jesus: "as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me". Loving God in our brethren and loving our brethren in God.

Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us. Sometimes after a meeting I want to arrange another one because new ideas are born and I discover new needs. 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.