Dear young people, always be missionaries of the Gospel, every day and in every place.

No one must use the name of God to commit violence. To kill in the name of God is a grave sacrilege. To discriminate in the name of God is inhuman.

Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor.

I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ.

The cross of Christ, embraced with love, never brings sadness with it, but joy, the joy of being saved and of doing a little of what he did on the day of his death.

Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

Let us pause before the Child of Bethlehem. Let us allow our hearts to be touched, let us allow ourselves to be warmed by the tenderness of God; we need his caress. God is full of love: to him be praise and glory forever! God is peace: let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day, in our life, in our families, in our cities and nations, in the whole world. Let us allow ourselves to be moved by God's goodness.