Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.

Obsession with a consumerist lifestyle, above all when few people are capable of maintaining it, can only lead to violence and mutual destruction.

The love of God is not something vague or generic; the love of God has a name and a face: Jesus Christ.

Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!

Jesus did not say: 'One of you go', but 'All of you go': we are sent together.

Do good: we will meet one another there.

A person who is not convinced, enthusiastic, certain and in love, will convince nobody.