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Holy Week Challenges Us To Step Outside Ourselves So As To Attend To The Needs Of Others: Those Who Long For A Sympathetic Ear, Those In Need Of Comfort Or Help. We Should Not Simply Remain In Our Own Secure World, That Of The Ninety-nine Sheep Who Never Strayed From The Fold, But We Should Go Out, With Christ, In Search Of The One Lost Sheep, However Far It May Have Wandered.

-Pope Francis

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Holy Week Challenges Us

Pope Francis

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Holy Week Challenges Us To Step Outside Ourselves So As To Attend To The Needs Of Others: Those Who Long For A Sympathetic Ear, Those In Need Of Comfort Or Help. We Should Not Simply Remain In Our Own Secure World, That Of The Ninety-nine Sheep Who Never Strayed From The Fold, But We Should Go Out, With Christ, In Search Of The One Lost Sheep, However Far It May Have Wandered.

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Who Are We, As We Stand Before The Child Jesus? Who Are We, Standing As We Stand Before Today's Children? Are We Like Mary And Joseph, Who Welcomed Jesus And Cared For Him With The Love Of A Father And A Mother? Or Are We Like Herod, Who Wanted To Eliminate Him? Are We Like The Shepherds, Who Went In Haste To Kneel Before Him In Worship And Offer Him Their Humble Gifts? Or Are We Indifferent?

There Are Martyrs [between Mexican People], Now I Will Canonize Two. It Is A Population That You Can't Explain, You Can't Explain It Because The Word 'people' Is Not A Logical Category, It's A Mythical Category.

We Must Not Let Ourselves Fall Into The Vortex Of Pessimism. Faith Can Move Mountains!

We Don't Have To Expect Everything From Those Who Govern Us; That Would Be Juvenile.

No Act Of Virtue Can Be Great If It Is Not Followed By Advantage For Others. So, No Matter How Much Time You Spend Fasting, No Matter How Much You Sleep On A Hard Floor And Eat Ashes And Sigh Continually, If You Do No Good To Others, You Do Nothing Great.

In A World Like This, Media Can Help Us To Feel Closer To One Another, Creating A Sense Of Unity Of The Human Family Which Can In Turn Inspire Solidarity And Serious Efforts To Ensure A More Dignified Life For All.

Gay Marriage Will Destroy The Family

Do I Pray That The Lord Gives Me The Desire To Do His Will, Or Do I Look For Compromises Because I'm Afraid Of God's Will?

I Would Like To Ask You A Question: How Many Of You Pray To The Holy Spirit Every Day? Probably Few, But We Must Satisfy This Desire Of Jesus And Pray Every Day To The Holy Spirit, So That He Opens Our Heart Towards Jesus.

Let Us Never Forget This, He Is Pure Mercy, Let Us Go To Jesus!

God Shows Up With Surprises.

Let Us Learn To Live With Kindness, To Love Everyone, Even When They Do Not Love Us.

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!

To Imitate The Hatred And Violence Of Tyrants And Murderers Is The Best Way To Take Their Place.

Congress And The President

Please Waste Time Just Playing With Your Kids!

A Friendship With A Woman Is Not A Sin. (it's) A Friendship. A Romantic Relationship With A Woman Who Is Not Your Wife, That Is A Sin.

Romantic Relationship

While New Rights Are Attributed To Or Indeed Almost Presumed By The Individual, Life Is Not Always Protected As The Primary Value And The Primordial Right Of Every Human Being. The Ultimate Aim Of Medicine Remains The Defence And Promotion Of Life.

Let Us Be Protectors Of All Of Gods Creatures

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