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You Have A Specific And Important Mission, That Of Keeping Alive The Relationship Between The Faith And The Cultures Of The Peoples To Whom You Belong. . . . [w]e Have To Follow Christ Along The Concrete Path Of Our Daily Lives So That He Can Transform Us.

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You Have A Specific And Important Mission, That Of Keeping Alive The Relationship Between The Faith And The Cultures Of The Peoples To Whom You Belong. . . . [w]e Have To Follow Christ Along The Concrete Path Of Our Daily Lives So That He Can Transform Us.

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Changing The World

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Reject All Forms Of Corruption That Divert Resources From The Poor

Obsession With A Consumerist Lifestyle, Above All When Few People Are Capable Of Maintaining It, Can Only Lead To Violence And Mutual Destruction.

All Political Activity Must Serve And Promote The Good Of The Human Person And Be Based On Respect For His Or Her Dignity.

I See Clearly That The Thing The Church Needs Most Today Is The Ability To Heal Wounds And To Warm The Hearts Of The Faithful; It Needs Nearness, Proximity. I See The Church As A Field Hospital After Battle... The Church Sometimes Has Locked Itself Up In Small Things, In Small-minded Rules. The Most Important Thing Is The First Proclamation: Jesus Christ Has Saved You.

Don't Let Anyone Rob You Of Hope.

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The Charismatics Confused The Holy Liturgy With A School Of Samba, But Than I Was Converted When I Got To Know Them Better And Saw The Good They Do.

Jesus Teaches Us To Put The Needs Of The Poor Ahead Of Our Own, Our Needs, Even If Legitimate, Will Never Be So Urgent As Those Of The Poor, Who Lack The Necessities Of Life.

The Joy Of The Gospel Fills The Hearts And Lives Of All Who Encounter Jesus. Those Who Accept His Offer Of Salvation Are Set Free From Sin, Sorrow, Inner Emptiness, And Loneliness. With Christ Joy Is Constantly Born Anew.

God’s Goodness Is Stronger Than Any Evil!

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

I Had The Habit Of Not Accepting Prizes Or Honors, But Always, Not Out Of Humility, But Because I Don't Like Them.

A Person Once Asked Me, In A Provocative Manner, If I Approved Of Homosexuality. I Replied With Another Question: 'tell Me: When God Looks At A Gay Person, Does He Endorse The Existence Of This Person With Love, Or Reject And Condemn This Person?' We Must Always Consider The Person.

How Precious Is The Family As The Privileged Place For Transmitting The Faith! Speaking About Family Life, I Would Like To Say One Thing: Today, As Brazil And The Church Around The World Celebrate This Feast Of Saints Joachim And Anne, Grandparents Day Is Also Being Celebrated. How Important Grandparents Are For Family Life, For Passing On The Human And Religious Heritage Which Is So Essential For Each And Every Society! How Important It Is To Have Intergenerational Exchanges And Dialogues, Especially Within The Context Of The Family.

For Just As Some People Want A Purely Spiritual Christ, Without Flesh And Without The Cross, They Also Want Their Interpersonal Relationships Provided By Sophisticated Equipment, By Screens And Systems Which Can Be Turned On And Off On Command. Meanwhile, The Gospel Tells Us Constantly To Run The Risk Of A Face-to-face Encounter With Others, With Their Physical Presence Which Challenges Us, With Their Pain And Their Pleas, With Their Joy Which Infects Us In Our Close And Continuous Interaction.

All Revealed Truths Derive From The Same Divine Source And Are To Be Believed With The Same Faith, Yet Some Of Them Are More Important For Giving Direct Expression To The Heart Of The Gospel. In This Basic Core, What Shines Forth Is The Beauty Of The Saving Love Of God Made Manifest In Jesus Christ Who Died And Rose From The Dead.

Today Children Are Disposed Of Because There Is No Food Or Because They Are Killed Before Being Born – Children Are Discarded. The Elderly Are Disposed Of, Well, Because They Are Useless, They Do Not Produce, Neither Children Nor The Elderly Produce; Then, With More Or Less Sophisticated Systems They Are Slowly Abandoned And Now, As In This Crisis It Is Necessary To Recover Some Equilibrium, We Are Witnessing A Third Very Painful Discarding –the Discarding Of Young People. Millions Of Young People… Are Discarded From Work, Are Unemployed.

Things From The Heart Don't Have An Explanation.

Whoever Does Not Pray To God, Prays To The Devil.

Fathers Are So Necessary As Examples And Guides For Our Children In Wisdom And Virtue. Without Father Figures, Young People Often Feel Orphaned; Left Adrift At A Critical Moment In Their Growth And Development.

Our Life Must Be Centred On What Is Essential, On Jesus Christ. Everything Else Is Secondary.

Almost Without Being Aware Of It, We End Up Being Incapable Of Feeling Compassion At The Outcry Of The Poor, Weeping For Other People's Pain, And Feeling A Need To Help Them, As Though All This Were Someone Else's Responsibility And Not Our Own.

Let Us Open The Doors To The Spirit, Let Ourselves Be Guided By Him, And Allow God's Constant Help To Make Us New Men And Women, Inspired By The Love Of God Which The Holy Spirit Bestows On Us! How Beautiful It Would Be If Each Of You, Every Evening, Could Say: Today At School, At Home, At Work, Guided By God, I Showed A Sign Of Love Towards One Of My Friends, My Parents, An Older Person! How Beautiful!

Open Your Hearts To The Lord. The Lord Is Waiting For You And The Church Will Welcome You If Your Willingness To Serve Good Is As Clear And Public As Your Choice To Serve Evil Was.

We Ask For Peace And Freedom For The Many Men And Women Subject To Old And New Forms Of Enslavement On The Part Of Criminal Individuals And Groups.

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