Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us to touch human misery, to touch the suffering flesh of others. He hopes that we will stop looking for those personal or communal niches which shelter us from the maelstrom of human misfortune and instead enter into the reality of other people’s lives and know the power of tenderness. Whenever we do so, our lives become wonderfully complicated and we experience intensely what it is to be a people, to be part of a people.

Have the courage "to swim against the tide". Have the courage to be happy.

If sadness comes to you one day with an invitation, tell it you are committed to joy and will be faithful to it your whole life long.

Do you know what the title was of the Pope, which ought to be used? Servant of the servants of God. It's a little different from the stars. Stars are beautiful to look at. I like to look at them in the summer when the sky is clear. But the Pope must be, must be the servant of the servants of God.

Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.

We are far from the so called 'end of history,' since the conditions for a sustainable and peaceful development have not yet been adequately articulated and realized.

We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of women within the church. The feminine genius is needed wherever we make important decisions.