May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.

The obligation to earn one's bread by the sweat of one's brow also presumes the right to do so. A society in which this right is systematically denied, in which economic policies do not allow workers to reach satisfactory levels of employment, cannot be justified from an ethical point of view, nor can that society attain social peace.

The true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion.

Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.

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

...if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.