Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them.... At times we lose people because they don't understand what we are saying, because we have forgotten the language of simplicity and import an intellectualism foreign to our people.... We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel.

Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

Negative feelings choke the Lord’s word in us.

The Lord always grants more than what he has been asked: you ask him to remember you, and he brings you into his Kingdom!

I believe in the old warrior's credo that "to the victor go the spoils."

If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him? The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains this very well. It says they should not be marginalized because of this (orientation) but that they must be integrated into society. The problem is not having this orientation. We must be brothers.

Christ’s love and friendship are no illusion. On the Cross Jesus showed how real they are.