Women have much to tell us. Women are capable of seeing things in a different angle. Women can pose questions that we men cannot understand.

When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.

We can observe the Fourth Commandment by loving visits to our aging grandparents

I know married Catholics in a second union who go to church, who go to church once or twice a year and say I want communion, as if joining in Communion were an award. It's a work towards integration, all doors are open, but we cannot say, 'from here on they can have communion.'

Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.

The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.

Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love.