Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion.

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

Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.

[St. Francis] looked upon creation with the eyes of one who could recognize in it the marvelous work of the hand of God. His solicitous care, not only towards men, but also towards animals is a faithful echo of the love with which God in the beginning pronounced his 'fiat' which brought them into existence. We too are called to a similar attitude.

From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others

The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.

The poor of the United States and of the world are your brothers and sisters in Christ. You must never be content to leave them just the crumbs from the feast. You must take of your substance, and not just of your abundance, in order to help them. And you must treat them like guests at your family table.