The Lord put it clearly: you cannot serve two masters. You have to choose between God and money.

Wars shatter so many lives. I think especially of children robbed of their childhood.

If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.

To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.

...these things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a ten point drop on the stock markets of some cities, is a tragedy. A person dying is not news, but if the stock markets drop ten points it is a tragedy! Thus people are disposed of, as if they were trash.

Jesus receives us with all of our limitations, He bring us the mercy of the Father who forgives us, and transforms our heart, rendering it a new heart, capable of loving Him, who loved His own to the end (cf. John 13:1). And this love is manifested in his mercy. Jesus always forgives us.

It's true, harm to Catholics must always be avoided, and all of us do this...but not at the price of the truth!