The Church needs you, your enthusiasm, your creativity and the joy that is so characteristic of you.

Jesus is the sun and Mary is the dawn announcing his rising.

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up.

Do not be afraid to cast yourselves into the arms of God; whatever he asks of you, he will repay a hundredfold.

The Sacraments are Jesus Christ’s presence in us. So it is important for us to go to Confession and receive Holy Communion.

The Gospel calls individual Christians to live lives of honesty, integrity and concern for the common good.. to create circles of integrity.., networks of solidarity which can expand to embrace and transform society by their prophetic witness.

Today too, as at her origins, the Church... cries out:“Veni, Sancte Spiritus! Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love!” Amen.