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I Believe In God - Not In A Catholic God; There Is No Catholic God. There Is God, And I Believe In Jesus Christ, His Incarnation. Jesus Is My Teacher And My Pastor, But God, The Father, Abba, Is The Light And The Creator. This Is My Being.

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I Believe In God

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I Believe In God - Not In A Catholic God; There Is No Catholic God. There Is God, And I Believe In Jesus Christ, His Incarnation. Jesus Is My Teacher And My Pastor, But God, The Father, Abba, Is The Light And The Creator. This Is My Being.

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Sometimes Tears Are The Glasses That We Need To See Jesus.

The Important Thing Is To Not Walk Alone, But To Rely On Each Other As Brothers And Sisters

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 Lord Has Redeemed All Of Us, All Of Us, With The Blood Of Christ: All Of Us, Not Just Catholics. Everyone! 'father, The Atheists?' Even The Atheists. Everyone!

Leaders Of The Church Have Often Been Narcissus, Flattered And Sickeningly Excited By Their Courtiers. The Court Is The Leprosy Of The Papacy.

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 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"

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

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

Let's Say 'yes' To Life And 'no' To Death.

Yet Only When We Come To Understand, In The Light Of The Cross, The Evil We Are Capable Of, And Have Even Been A Part Of, Can We Experience True Remorse And True Repentance.

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.

May Every Church And Christian Community Be A Place Of Mercy Amid So Much Indifference.

There Is A Need For Financial Reform Along Ethical Lines That Would Produce In Its Turn An Economic Reform To Benefit Everyone. This Would Nevertheless Require A Courageous Change Of Attitude On The Part Of Political Leaders.

Indifference To Our Neighbour And To God Also Represents A Real Temptation For Us Christians. Each Year During Lent We Need To Hear Once More The Voice Of The Prophets Who Cry Out And Trouble Our Conscience.

Sometimes We Are Tempted To Find Excuses And Complain, Acting As If We Could Only Be Happy If A Thousand Conditions Were Met...i Can Say That The Most Beautiful And Natural Expressions Of Joy Which I Have Seen In My Life Were In Poor People Who Had Little To Hold On To.

Dear Friends, Let Us Not Forget The Flesh Of Christ Which Is In The Flesh Of Refugees: Their Flesh Is The Flesh Of Christ. It Is Also Your Task To Direct All The Institutions Working In The Area Of Forced Migration To New Forms Of Co-responsibility. This Phenomenon Is Unfortunately Constantly Spreading. Hence Your Task Is Increasingly Demanding In Order To Promote Tangible Responses Of Closeness, Journeying With People, Taking Into Account The Different Local Backgrounds.

The Economic Part Is The One That Came Out First Because There Were Some Problems About Which The Press Spoke A Lot.

Please Waste Time Just Playing With Your Kids!

We Christians Bring Peace And Grace As A Treasure To Be Offered To The World, But These Gifts Can Bear Fruit Only When Christians Live And Work Together In Harmony. This Makes It Easier To Contribute To Building Relations Of Respect And Peaceful Coexistence With Those Who Belong To Other Religious Traditions, And With Non-believers.

It Occurs To Me: Why Is It Mainly Women, Who To Pass On The Faith? Simply Because The One Who Brought Us Jesus Is A Woman. It Is The Path Chosen By Jesus. He Wanted To Have A Mother: The Gift Of Faith Comes To Us Through Women, As Jesus Came To Us Through Mary.

May Christ The Savior Give Peace To Nigeria, Where More Blood Is Being Shed And Too Many People Are Unjustly Deprived Of Their Possessions, Held As Hostages Or Killed.

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?

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.

May Both Of Them [saint John Xxiii And Saint John Paul Ii] Teach Us Not To Be Scandalized By The Wounds Of Christ And To Enter Ever More Deeply Into The Mystery Of Divine Mercy, Which Always Hopes And Always Forgives, Because It Always Loves.

Don't Be Afraid To Go To The Sacrament Of Confession, Where You Will Meet Jesus Who Forgives You.

Holy Mother Church Teaches Us To End The Year And Also Our Days With An Examination Of Conscience...to Be Grateful And To Ask For Forgiveness.

Having Faith Does Not Mean Having No Difficulties, But Having The Strength To Face Them, Knowing We Are Not Alone.

I Believe That In Pretty Much Every Religion There Is Always A Small Group Of Fundamentalists.

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