Christ leads us to go out from ourselves more and more, to give ourselves and to serve others.

The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and bishops, who have the care of souls, are at the service of the people of God.

Don't be afraid to go against the current, when they want to steal our hope, when they propose rotten values to us, values like food that has gone bad-and when food has gone bad it makes us sick, these values make us sick. We have to go against the current! And you, young people, be the first: Go against the grain and be proud of going against the grain. Go on, be brave and go against the current! And be proud of doing it!

If in so many parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not news, it seems normal. It cannot be this way!

Negative feelings choke the Lord’s word in us.

Be close to the poor and to those in need, so as to touch in their flesh the wounded flesh of Jesus. Please, draw near to them!

Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others.