We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure.

The Christian mission has only one focus: to change individual's lives so they can change the world.

Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins.

Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.

A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties.

My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.

Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down.