Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred, oppression and disunity, but not by using methods of violence. Building peace requires creative and courageous action

The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.

What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.

Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.

If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.

[Speaking of marriage and family] In this entire world there is not a more perfect, more complete image of God, Unity and Community. There is no other human reality which corresponds more, humanly speaking, to that divine mystery.

Christian holiness does not being sinless, but rather it means struggling not to give in and always getting up after every fall.