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Do Not Be Afraid To Help One Another. The Devil Is Looking For Rivalry, Division, Gangs. Keep Working To Make Progress ... I Have Seen How Pain Does Not Stifle The Hope Deep Within The Human Heart And How Life Goes On, Finding New Strength Even In The Midst Of Difficulties.

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Do Not Be Afraid

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Do Not Be Afraid To Help One Another. The Devil Is Looking For Rivalry, Division, Gangs. Keep Working To Make Progress ... I Have Seen How Pain Does Not Stifle The Hope Deep Within The Human Heart And How Life Goes On, Finding New Strength Even In The Midst Of Difficulties.

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Dear Young People, Jesus Wants To Be Your Friend, And Wants You To Spread The Joy Of This Friendship Everywhere.

Wars Are Always Madness: All Is Lost In War, All Is To Be Gained In Peace.

Lord Jesus, Make Us Capable Of Loving As You Love.

The Earth, Our Home, Is Beginning To Look More And More Like An Immense Pile Of Filth.

In Some Countries, If You Carry The Gospel, You Can Go To Jail. You Can't Carry A Cross, Because You'll Have To Pay A Fine. But Still, The Heart Rejoices.

War Destroys, Kills, Impoverishes. Lord, Give Us Your Peace!

How Many Of Us, Myself Included, Have Lost Our Bearings; We Are No Longer Attentive To The World In Which We Live; We Don’t Care; We Don’t Protect What God Created For Everyone, And We End Up Unable Even To Care For One Another.

Economic Inequality

Gay Marriage Will Destroy The Family

On A Positive Note, We Must Reaffirm The Right Of Children To Grow Up In A Family With A Father And A Mother Capable Of Creating A Suitable Environment For The Child’s Development And Emotional Maturity.

We Are All Jars Of Clay, Fragile And Poor, Yet We Carry Within Us An Immense Treasure.

May We Always Care For Our Children, Not Counting The Cost, So That They May Never Believe Themselves To Be Mistakes, But Always Know Their Infinite Worth.

When I Confess A Couple Who Have Kids, A Married Couple, I Ask, 'how Many Children Do You Have?' Some Get Worried And Think The Priest Will Ask Why I Don't Have More. I Would Make A Second Question, 'do You Play With Your Children?' The Majority Say, 'but Father, I Have No Time. I Work All Day.'

In Imitation Of Our Master, We Christians Are Called To Confront The Poverty Of Our Brothers And Sisters, To Touch It, To Make It Our Own And To Take Practical Steps To Alleviate It.

Mercy Is The Very Foundation Of The Church's Life...the Church's Very Credibility Is Seen In How She Shows Merciful And Compassionate Love...mercy Is The Force That Reawakens Us To New Life And Instills In Us The Courage To Look To The Future With Hope.

Jesus Receives Us With All Of Our Limitations, He Bring Us The Mercy Of The Father Who Forgives Us, And Transforms Our Heart, Rendering It A New Heart, Capable Of Loving Him, Who Loved His Own To The End (cf. John 13:1). And This Love Is Manifested In His Mercy. Jesus Always Forgives Us.

The Emptier A Person's Heart Is, The More He Or She Needs To Buy, Own, And Consume.

Do I Take The Gospel Message Of Reconciliation And Love Into The Places Where I Live And Work?

Are You Angry With Someone? Pray For That Person. That Is What Christian Love Is.

Imagine, To Become A Priest There Are Eight Years Of Study And Preparation, And Then If After A While You Can't Do It, You Can Ask For A Dispensation, You Leave, And Everything Is Ok. On The Other Hand, To Make A Sacrament (marriage), Which Is For Your Whole Life, Three To Four Conferences...preparation For Marriage Is Very Important. It's Very, Very Important Because I Believe It Is Something That In The Church, In Common Pastoral Ministry, At Least In My Country, In South America, The Church Has Not Valued Much.

Mary Is More Important Than The Apostles.

Today, In Mexico, They Speak 65 Languages, Counting The Indigenous Languages, 65. It Is A People Of Great Faith. They Have Also Suffered Religious Persecution.

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

Sin, Also For Those Who Don't Have Faith, Exists When One Goes Against One's Conscience. To Listen To And Obey It Means, In Fact, To Decide In Face Of What Is Perceived As Good Or Evil. And On This Decision Pivots The Goodness Or Malice Of Our Action.

I Beg The Lord To Grant Us More Politicians Who Are Genuinely Disturbed By The State Of Society, The People, The Lives Of The Poor!

The Whole Journey Of Life Is A Journey Of Preparation... To See, To Feel, To Understand The Beauty Of What Lies Ahead, Of The Homeland Towards Which We Walk.

This Is What Marriage Is All About - Man And Woman Walking Together, Wherein The Husband Helps His Wife To Become Ever More A Woman, And Wherein The Woman Has The Task Of Helping Her Husband To Become Ever More A Man.

Suffering Is A Call To Conversion: It Reminds Us Of Our Frailty And Vulnerability.

If, Hypothetically, Western Catholicism Were To Review The Issue Of Celibacy, I Think It Would Do So For Cultural Reasons, Not So Much As A Universal Option.

We Ask The Risen Jesus, Who Turns Death Into Life, To Change Hatred Into Love, Vengeance Into Forgiveness, War Into Peace. Yes, Christ Is Our Peace, And Through Him To Implore Peace For All The World.

We Cannot Insist Only On Issues Related To Abortion, Gay Marriage And The Use Of Contraceptive Methods. The Teaching Of The Church, For That Matter, Is Clear And I Am A Son Of The Church, But It Is Not Necessary To Talk About These Issues All The Time.

First, We Can Pray In Communion With The Church On Earth And In Heaven. Let Us Not Underestimate The Power Of So Many Voices United In Prayer!

Giving Primacy To God Means Having The Courage To Say ‘no’ To Evil, ‘no’ To Violence, ‘no’ To Oppression, To Live A Life In Service Of Others And Which Fosters Lawfulness And The Common Good. When A Person Discovers God, The True Treasure, He Abandons A Selfish Lifestyle And Seeks To Share With Others The Charity Which Comes From God. He Who Becomes A Friend Of God, Loves His Brothers And Sisters, Commits Himself To Safeguarding Their Life And Their Health, And Also To Respecting The Environment And Nature.

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