Allow me to draw your attention to the value and beauty of marriage. The complementarity of man and woman, the vertex of the divine creation, is being questioned by gender ideology, in the name of a freer and more just society. The difference between man and woman is not meant to stand in opposition, or to subordinate, but is for the sake of communion and generation, always 'in the image and likeness of God.'

There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.

How often we forget to dedicate ourselves to that which truly matters! We forget that we are children of God.

Our life must be centred on what is essential, on Jesus Christ. Everything else is secondary.

To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.

In God’s great plan, every detail is important, even yours, even my humble little witness, even the hidden witness of those who live their faith with simplicity in everyday family relationships, work relationships, friendships. There are the saints of every day, the “hidden” saints, a sort of “middle class of holiness” to which we can all belong.

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