We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.

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.

People in every nation enhance the social dimension of their lives by acting as committed and responsible citizens.

The only war that we must all fight is the one against evil.

I cannot imagine a Christian who does not know how to smile. May we joyfully witness to our faith.

Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord, who even before he was born, and then just after birth, experienced the world’s rejection. And every elderly person…even if he is ill or at the end of his days, bears the face of Christ. They cannot be discarded, as the ‘culture of waste’ suggests!

May Christ the Savior give peace to Nigeria, where more blood is being shed and too many people are unjustly deprived of their possessions, held as hostages or killed.