Mere administration can no longer be enough. Throughout the world, let us be permanently in a state of mission.

A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties.

But you too, help one another: help one another always. One another. In this way, by helping one another, we will do some good.

We must not let ourselves fall into the vortex of pessimism. Faith can move mountains!

The proclamation of the Gospel is destined primarily to the poor, to those who often lack the essentials for a decent life. The good news is first announced to them, that God loves them before all others and comes to visit them through the acts of charity that the disciples of Christ carry out in his name.

I made reference continuously to the killings, the death, the life taken by all of these narcotrafficking gangs and human smugglers. I spoke of this problem as one of the wounds that Mexico suffers. It's a great pain that I'm taking, because this nation [Mexicans] doesn't deserve a drama like this one.

The Lord is knocking at the door of our hearts. Have we put a sign on the door saying: 'Do not disturb'?