Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil.

Christian hope is not a ghost and it does not deceive. It is a theological virtue and therefore, ultimately, a gift from God that cannot be reduced to optimism, which is only human. God does not mislead hope; God cannot deny himself. God is all promise.

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.

In the Pro-Eligendo Pontefice Mass, despite knowing that [ Joseph Ratzinger] was a candidate [to become Pope], he wasn't stupid, he didn't care to "make-up" his answer, he said exactly the same thing [that we needed to clean up the dirt of the Church]. He was the brave one who helped so many open this door. So, I want to remember him because sometimes we forget about this hidden works that were the foundations for "taking the lid off the pot."

This is Christian hope, that the future is in God's hands.

May we learn to say “thank you” to God and to one another. We teach children to do it, and then we forget to do it ourselves!

The family is a community of love where each of us learns to relate to others and to the world around us.