All it takes is one good person to restore hope.

Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity.

I believe that it is truly important for everyone to confront in dialogue the historical reality of the Reformation, its consequences and the responses it elicited. Catholics and Lutherans can ask forgiveness for the harm they have caused one another and for their offenses committed in the sight of God. Together we can rejoice in the longing for unity which the Lord has awakened in our hearts, and which makes us look with hope to the future.

Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will?

When a child has a bad dream and wakes up crying, Dad goes and says, 'Don't be afraid, don't be scared. I'm here.' The Lord speaks this way, too... Usually, Christmas seems like a very noisy feast, but we can use a bit of silence to hear these words of love, closeness and tenderness.

The challenge of life is to learn how to love

The alliance of love between a man and a woman, an alliance for life, cannot be improvised, and is not made in a day.