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Challenges Exist To Be Overcome! Let Us Be Realists, But Without Losing Our Joy, Our Boldness And Our Hope-filled Commitment. Let Us Not Allow Ourselves To Be Robbed Of Missionary Vigour!

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Challenges Exist To Be Overcome! Let Us Be Realists, But Without Losing Our Joy, Our Boldness And Our Hope-filled Commitment. Let Us Not Allow Ourselves To Be Robbed Of Missionary Vigour!

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When Evangelizers Rise From Prayer, Their Hearts Are More Open; Freed Of Self-absorption, They Are Desirous Of Doing Good And Sharing Their Lives With Others.

With Christ As The Center Of Your Life, You Will Never Be Disappointed.

When Money, Instead Of Man, Is At The Center Of The System, When Money Becomes An Idol, Men And Women Are Reduced To Simple Instruments Of A Social And Economic System, Which Is Characterized, Better Yet Dominated, By Profound Inequalities. So We Discard Whatever Is Not Useful To This Logic; It Is This Attitude That Discards Children And Older People, And Is Now Affecting The Young.

The Cross Of Christ, Embraced With Love, Never Brings Sadness With It, But Joy, The Joy Of Being Saved And Of Doing A Little Of What He Did On The Day Of His Death.

Do Not Lose Hope; St. Joseph Also Experienced Moments Of Difficulty, But He Never Lost Faith And Was Able To Overcome Them, In The Certainty That God Never Abandons Us.

The Church In The Philippines Is Called To Acknowledge And Combat The Causes Of The Deeply Rooted Inequality And Injustice Which Mar The Face Of Filipino Society, Plainly Contradicting The Teaching Of Christ.

Lent Is A Good Time For Sacrificing. Let Us Deny Ourselves Something Every Day To Help Others.

Are We Capable Of Bringing The Word Of God Into The Environment In Which We Live? Do We Know How To Speak Of Christ, Of What He Represents For Us, In Our Families, Among The People Who Form Part Of Our Daily Lives? Faith Is Born From Listening, And Is Strengthened By Proclamation.

A Good Example Brings About So Much Good, But Hypocrisy Brings About So Much Evil.

Today Too, Amid So Much Darkness, We Need To See The Light Of Hope And To Be Men And Women Who Bring Hope To Others.

Embrace With Tender Affection The Whole Of Humanity, Especially The Poorest, The Weakest, The Least Important.

May The Power Of Christ, Which Brings Freedom And Service, Be Felt In So Many Hearts Afflicted By War, Persecution And Slavery.

If Priest Is Closed To Forgiveness, He Won't Receive It, Because He Locked The Door From The Inside. And What Remains Is To Pray For The Lord To Open That Door. To Forgive You Must Be Willing. But Not Everyone Can Receive Or Know How To Receive It, Or Are Just Not Willing To Receive It.

In A Family It Is Normal To Take Charge Of Those Who Need Help. Do Not Be Afraid Of Frailty!

I Don't Like To Speak Of Islamic Violence, Because Every Day, When I Browse The Newspapers, I See Violence, Here In Italy... This One Who Has Murdered His Girlfriend, Another Who Has Murdered The Mother-in-law... And These Are Baptized Catholics! There Are Violent Catholics!

Christian Witness Is Concrete: Words Without Actions Are Empty.

Every Christian Can Witness To God In The Workplace, Not Only With Words, But Above All With An Honest Life.

Politics, According To The Social Doctrine Of The Church, Is One Of The Highest Forms Of Charity, Because It Serves The Common Good. I Cannot Wash My Hands, Eh? We All Have To Give Something!

It Might Be Better - More Comfortable - To Have A Dog And Two Cats. All The Love Is Focused On The Cats And The Dog. Am I Right Or Wrong Here? Have You Seen It? At The End Of This Marriage, Comes Old Age And Loneliness.

It Is My Hope That Inter-religious And Ecumenical Cooperation Will Demonstrate That Men And Women Do Not Have To Forsake Their Identity, Whether Ethnic Or Religious, In Order To Live In Harmony With Their Brothers And Sisters. If We Are Honest In Presenting Our Convictions, We Will Be Able To See More Clearly What We Hold In Common.

Dear Young People, Do Not Give Up Your Dreams Of A More Just World!

Humanity Needs Justice, Peace And Love And We Can Have This Only By Returning With Our Hearts Towards God Who Is The Source Of All This.

Only By Becoming Poor Ourselves, By Stripping Away Our Complacency, Will We Be Able To Identify With The Least Of Our Brothers And Sisters.

Jesus Is God But He Humbled Himself To Walk With Us. He Is Our Friend, Our Brother.

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