The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.

Do not be afraid to dream great things!

Mary is more important than the apostles.

Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!

I think of the difficulties which, in various countries, today afflicts the world of work and business; I think of how many, and not just young people, are unemployed, many times due to a purely economic conception of society, which seeks selfish profit, beyond the parameters of social justice.

Jesus is not a figure from the past: He continues now and always to light the way for us.

The Church's challenge is staying close to the people, close to the people of the United States, not being a detached Church from the people but close to them, close, close, and this is something that the Church in the United States has understood and understood well.