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How Beautiful It Is To See That Young People Are 'street Preachers,' Joyfully Bringing Jesus To Every Street, Every Town Square And Every Corner Of The Earth!

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How Beautiful It Is To See That Young People Are 'street Preachers,' Joyfully Bringing Jesus To Every Street, Every Town Square And Every Corner Of The Earth!

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Our World Needs Good And Strong Families.

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Let Us Encourage The Generosity Which Is Typical Of The Young And Help Them To Work Actively In Building A Better World. Youth Do Not Solely Need Material Things. Above All, They Need To Have Those Non-material Values Which Are The Spiritual Heart Of A People ... Spirituality, Generosity, Solidarity, Perseverance, Fraternity, And Joy.

Some People Believe That - Pardon My Language - In Order To Be Good Catholics, We Should Be Like Rabbits. No.

Only Trust In God Can Transform Doubts Into Certainty, Evil Into Good, Night Into Radiant Dawn.

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Whenever We Take A Step Towards Jesus, We Come To Realize That He Is Already There, Waiting For Us With Open Arms.

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.

We Cannot Be Part-time Christians! We Should Seek To Live Our Faith At Every Moment Of Every Day.

Things Have A Price And Can Be For Sale. But People Have A Dignity That Is Priceless And Worth Far More Than Things.

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

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These Two Criteria Are Like The Pillars Of True Love: Deeds, And The Gift Of Self.

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Holiness Doesn't Mean Doing Extraordinary Things, But Doing Ordinary Things With Love And Faith.

Dear Brothers And Sisters, Never Resort To War! Never War! Above All, I Think Of All The Children Who Are Robbed Of Their Hope For A Better Life And A Decent Future. Killed Children, Wounded Children, Mutilated Children, Orphans, Children Who Play With Remnants Of War, Instead Of Toys. Children Who Don't Know How To Smile. Please Stop! I Ask You With All My Heart. It's Time To Stop. Stop It Please!

Today, Elderly People Are Discarded When, In Reality, They Are The Seat Of Wisdom Of The Society...the Right To Life Means Allowing People To Live And Not Killing, Allowing Them To Grow, To Eat, To Be Educated, To Be Healed, And To Be Permitted To Die With Dignity.

Every Economic...acti On Must Set About Providing Each Inhabitant Of The Planet With The Minimum Wherewithal To Live In Dignity And Freedom, With The Possibility Of Supporting A Family, Educating Children, Praising God And Developing One's Own Human Potential.

Today Is The World Day Of Prayer For The Care Of Creation. Let Us Work And Pray.

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

Today, We Need A Church Capable Of Walking At People's Side, Of Doing More Than Simply Listening To Them.... At Times We Lose People Because They Don't Understand What We Are Saying, Because We Have Forgotten The Language Of Simplicity And Import An Intellectualism Foreign To Our People.... We Cannot Keep Ourselves Shut Up In Parishes, In Our Communities, When So Many People Are Waiting For The Gospel.

The Church Does Not Need Apologists Of Its Causes Nor Crusaders Of Its Battles, But Sowers Humble And Confident Of The Truth, Who ... Trust Of Its Power

We Cannot Become Starched Christians, Too Polite, Who Speak Of Theology Calmly Over Tea. We Have To Become Courageous Christians And Seek Out Those (who Need Help Most).

We Are All Sinners. But May The Lord Not Let Us Be Hypocrites. Hypocrites Don’t Know The Meaning Of Forgiveness, Joy And The Love Of God.

I Have Heard It Said That Families With Many Children And High Birth Rates Are Among The Cause Of Poverty. It Seems To Me A Simplistic Opinion. I Can Say That The Main Cause Of Poverty Is An Economic System That Has Removed The Person From The Center.

For Her Part, The Church Always Works For The Integral Development Of Every Person. In This Sense, She Reiterates That The Common Good Should Not Be Simply An Extra, Simply A Conceptual Scheme Of Inferior Quality Tacked Onto Political Programmes. The Church Encourages Those In Power To Be Truly At The Service Of The Common Good Of Their Peoples.

Have The Courage "to Swim Against The Tide". Have The Courage To Be Happy.

Christmas Celebrations Are Often Full Of Sound. It Would Be Good For Us To Make Room For Silence, To Hear The Voice Of Love.

I Do Not Know What Might Be The Most Fitting Description.... I Am A Sinner. This Is The Most Accurate Definition. It Is Not A Figure Of Speech, A Literary Genre. I Am A Sinner. And This Is What I Said When They Asked Me If I Would Accept My Election As Pontiff: I Am A Sinner, But I Trust In The Infinite Mercy And Patience Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, And I Accept In A Spirit Of Penance.

The Family Is Threatened By Growing Efforts On The Part Of Some To Redefine The Very Institution Of Marriage, By Relativism, By The Culture Of The Ephemeral, By A Lack Of Openness To Life. These Realities Are Increasingly Under Attack From Powerful Forces, Which Threaten To Disfigure God’s Plan For Creation.

Let Us Ask The Lord For The Grace To Take These Things Seriously. He Came To Fight For Our Salvation. He Won Against The Devil! Please, Let Us Not Do Business With The Devil! He Seeks To Return Home, To Take Possession Of Us Do Not Relativize; Be Vigilant! And Always With Jesus!

Charity, Patience And Tenderness Are Very Beautiful Gifts. If You Have Them, You Want To Share Them With Others.

Gossip Can Also Kill, Because It Kills The Reputation Of The Person! It Is So Terrible To Gossip! At First It May Seem Like A Nice Thing, Even Amusing, Like Enjoying A Candy. But In The End, It Fills The Heart With Bitterness, And Even Poisons Us.

The Gospel, Radiant With The Glory Of Christ’s Cross, Constantly Invites Us To Rejoice.

I Like This Idea Of The Re-foundation Of The European Union, Maybe It Can Be Done, Because Europe - I Do Not Say Is Unique, But It Has A Force, A Culture, A History That Cannot Be Wasted, And We Must Do Everything So That The European Union Has The Strength And Also The Inspiration To Make It Go Forward. That's What I Think.

I Think Of The Difficulties Which, In Various Countries, Today Afflicts The World Of Work And Business; I Think Of How Many, And Not Just Young People, Are Unemployed, Many Times Due To A Purely Economic Conception Of Society, Which Seeks Selfish Profit, Beyond The Parameters Of Social Justice.

The Roman Curia Has Its Defects, But It Seems To Me That People Often Overemphasize Its Defects And Talk Too Little About The Health Of The Many Religious And Laypeople Who Work There.

Together With The Social Responsibility Of Businesses, There Is Also The Social Responsibility Of Consumers. Every Person Ought To Have The Awareness That 'purchasing Is Always A Moral-and Not Simply An Economic-act.

An Authentic Faith Always Implies A Deep Desire To Change The World.

Changing The World

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

Jesus Christ Conferred Power Upon Peter, But What Sort Of Power Was It? Jesus’ Three Questions To Peter About Love Are Followed By Three Commands: Feed My Lambs, Feed My Sheep. Let Us Never Forget That Authentic Power Is Service, And That The Pope Too, When Exercising Power, Must Enter Ever More Fully Into That Service Which Has Its Radiant Culmination On The Cross.

Finding God In All Things Is Not An 'empirical Eureka.' When We Desire To Encounter God, We Would Like To Verify Him Immediately By An Empirical Method. But You Cannot Meet God This Way...a Contemplative Attitude Is Necessary: It Is The Feeling That You Are Moving Along The Good Path Of Understanding And Affection Toward Things And Situations. Profound Peace, Spiritual Consolation, Love Of God, And Love Of All Things In God-this Is The Sign That You Are On This Right Path.

Money Has To Serve, Not To Rule!

All Of Us Benefit From Remembering Our Past. A People Which Remembers Does Not Repeat Past Errors; Instead, It Looks With Confidence To The Challenges Of The Present And The Future.

In A Very Real Way, The Poor Are Our Teachers. They Show Us That People’s Value Is Not Measured By Their Possessions Or How Much Money They Have In The Bank. A Poor Person, A Person Lacking Material Possessions, Always Maintains His Or Her Dignity. The Poor Can Teach Us Much About Humility And Trust In God.

I Wish To Make Add My Voice To The Cry Which Rises Up With Increasing Anguish From Every Part Of The World, From Every People, From The Heart Of Each Person, From The One Great Family Which Is Humanity: It Is The Cry For Peace!

To Be Good Christians You Have To Contemplate The Suffering Humanity Of Jesus. "how Can We Bear Witness? Contemplate Jesus. How Can We Forgive? Contemplate Jesus Suffering. How Can We Not Hate Our Neighbor? Contemplate Jesus Suffering. How Can We Avoid Gossiping About Our Neighbor? Contemplate Jesus Suffering. There Is No Other Way". These Virtues Are The Those Of The Father, Who Forgives Us Always, And Our Lady, Our Mother, Shares In These Virtues Too.

The Love Of God Is Not Generic. God Looks With Love Upon Every Man And Woman, Calling Them By Name.

No One Must Use The Name Of God To Commit Violence. To Kill In The Name Of God Is A Grave Sacrilege. To Discriminate In The Name Of God Is Inhuman.

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 It Has Not Valued Much.

We Must Always Walk In The Presence Of The Lord, In The Light Of The Lord, Always Trying To Live In An Irreprehensible Way.

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