Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.

Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up from indifference and guilt, if we have had the misfortune to give in to temptation and weakness. Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.

This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.

See everything. Ignore a lot. Improve a little.