Proceed calmly in life.

Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.

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

Jesus on the cross feels the whole weight of the evil, and with the force of God's love he conquers it; he defeats it with his resurrection. This is the good that Jesus does for us on the throne of the cross. Christ's cross, embraced with love, never leads to sadness, but to joy, to the joy of having been saved and of doing a little of what he did on the day of his death.

Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God's creation, made in his own image, destined to live for ever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.

When you lose the capacity to dream, you lose the capacity to love, and the energy to love is lost.

The family is the most important wealth of a nation. May we endeavor to defend and strengthen the foundation of society.