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For Every Christian, The Proclamation And Witnessing Of The Gospel Are Never An Isolated Act. This Is Important. For Every Christian The Proclamation And Witnessing Of The Gospel Are Never An Isolated Or Group Act, And No Evangelizers Acts, As Paul Vi Reminded Very Well, "on The Strength Of A Personal Inspiration, But In Union With The Mission Of The Church And In Her Name"

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For Every Christian, The Proclamation And Witnessing Of The Gospel Are Never An Isolated Act. This Is Important. For Every Christian The Proclamation And Witnessing Of The Gospel Are Never An Isolated Or Group Act, And No Evangelizers Acts, As Paul Vi Reminded Very Well, "on The Strength Of A Personal Inspiration, But In Union With The Mission Of The Church And In Her Name"

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The Love Of Christ Fills Our Hearts And Makes Us Always Able To Forgive!

This Is Christian Hope, That The Future Is In God's Hands.

This Is Ideological Colonization. They Colonize People With Ideas That Try To Change Mentalities Or Structures, But This Is Not New. This Was Done By The Dictatorships Of The Last Century.

Youth Ministry, As Traditionally Organized, Has Also Suffered The Impact Of Social Changes. Young People Often Fail To Find Responses To Their Concerns, Needs, Problems And Hurts In The Usual Structures. As Adults, We Find It Hard To Listen Patiently To Them, To Appreciate Their Concerns, Demands, And To Speak To Them In A Language They Can Understand.

It [abortion] Is A Crime, An Absolute Evil.

Around Us There Is The Presence Of Evil. The Devil Is At Work. But In A Loud Voice I Say: God Is Stronger.

Jesus Understands Our Weaknesses And Sins; And He Forgives Us If We Allow Ourselves To Be Forgiven.

Dear Young People, Jesus Gives Us Life, Life In Abundance. If We Are Close To Him We Will Have Joy In Our Hearts And A Smile On Our Face.

When Exhaling This Air, We Announced Jesus Christ Risen By The Same Spirit. No One Can Live Without Breathing. It Is The Same For The Christian: Without Praise And Mission There Is Not Christian Life. And With Praise, Worship. We Rarely Speak About Worship. What Do We Do When We Pray? We Ask Things Of God, We Give Thanks. But Worshipping And Adoring God Is Part Of Breathing - Praise And Worship.

The Confessional Is Not A Torture Chamber, But The Place In Which The Lord's Mercy Motivates Us To Do Better.

None Of Us Can Think We Are Exempt From Concerns For The Poor And For Social Justice.

Do Not Be Content To Live A Mediocre Christian Life: Walk With Determination Along The Path Of Holiness.

Life Is A Precious Gift, But We Realize This Only When We Give It To Others.

An Example I Often Use To Illustrate The Reality Of Vanity, Is This: Look At The Peacock; It's Beautiful If You Look At It From The Front. But If You Look At It From Behind, You Discover The Truth... Whoever Gives In To Such Self-absorbed Vanity Has Huge Misery Hiding Inside Them.

We Cannot Keep Ourselves Shut Up In Parishes, In Our Communities, When So Many People Are Waiting For The Gospel!

Consumerism Has Accustomed Us To Waste. But Throwing Food Away Is Like Stealing It From The Poor And Hungry.

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

These Are Roots Of All Evil, Hatred And Greed, For Money, For The Construction And For The Sale Of Weapons. This Should Make Us All Think, Who Is Behind It All?

All Walls Fall. Today, Tomorrow Or In 100 Years, They Will Fall. It's Not A Solution. The Wall Isn't A Solution. In This Moment, Europe Is In Difficult, It's True. We Have To Be Intelligent, And Whoever Comes...that Migrant Flow. It's Not Easy To Find Solutions, But With Dialogue Between Nations They Should Be Found. Walls Are Never Solutions. But Bridges Are, Always, Always.

In This Year Of Faith, Let Us Remember That Faith Is Not Something We Possess, But Something We Share. Every Christian Is An Apostle.

Religious Fundamentalism, Even Before It Eliminates Human Beings By Perpetrating Horrendous Killings, Eliminates God Himself, Turning Him Into A Mere Ideological Pretext.

Do I Guard Myself, My Heart, My Feelings, My Thoughts? Do I Guard The Treasure Of Grace? Do I Guard The Presence Of The Holy Spirit In Me? Or Do I Let Go, Feeling Secure, Believing That All Is Going Well?

Take Good Care Of Creation. St. Francis Wanted That. People Occasionally Forgive, But Nature Never Does. If We Don't Take Care Of The Environment, There's No Way Of Getting Around It.

Jesus Is The One Who Brings God To Us And Us To God.

The Holy Spirit, In The Variety Of His Gifts, Unites Us And Enables Us To Contribute To The Building Up Of The Church In Holiness. In This Great Work, Each Of Us Has A Part To Play; Each Of Us, As A "living Stone", Is Needed For The Growth And The Beauty Of God's Holy Temple. Let Us Ask The Lord To Help Us To Take An Ever More Active Part In The Church's Life And Mission, Guided By The Holy Spirit And With Jesus As Our Cornerstone.

Such Self-denial 'may Appear Demanding,' But It Will Allow You, So To Speak, To Be And To Breathe Within The Heart Of The Church.

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.

A Credible Witness To Truth And To The Values Of The Gospel Is Urgently Needed.

All Of Us Are Called To Fight #‎ Humantraffickin G And #‎ Slavery .

So Many Of You Have Lost Everything. I Do Not Know What To Tell You. But Surely He Knows What To Tell You! So Many Of You Have Lost Members Of Your Family. I Can Only Be Silent; I Accompany You Silently, With My Heart...

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