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

You have a specific and important mission, that of keeping alive the relationship between the faith and the cultures of the peoples to whom you belong. . . . [W]e have to follow Christ along the concrete path of our daily lives so that he can transform us.

Be men and women with others and for others: true champions at the service of others.

There is the tendency to place ourselves and our ambitions at the center of our lives. This is very human, but it is not Christian.

Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity.

Everyone say to himself: 'When was the last time I went to confession?' And if it has been a long time, don't lose another day! Go, the priest will be good. And Jesus, (will be) there, and Jesus is better than the priests - Jesus receives you. He will receive you with so much love! Be courageous, and go to confession.

A Christian who withdraws into himself, hiding all that the Lord has given him, is not a Christian! I would ask the many young people present to be generous with their God-given talents for the good of others, the Church and our world.