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If Priest Is Closed To Forgiveness, He Won't Receive It, Because He Locked The Door From The Inside. And What Remains Is To Pray For The Lord To Open That Door. To Forgive You Must Be Willing. But Not Everyone Can Receive Or Know How To Receive It, Or Are Just Not Willing To Receive It.

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If Priest Is Closed To Forgiveness, He Won't Receive It, Because He Locked The Door From The Inside. And What Remains Is To Pray For The Lord To Open That Door. To Forgive You Must Be Willing. But Not Everyone Can Receive Or Know How To Receive It, Or Are Just Not Willing To Receive It.

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The World Makes Us Look Towards Ourselves, Our Possessions, Our Desires.the Gospel Invites Us To Be Open To Others, To Share With The Poor.

We Cannot Be Tepid Disciples. The Church Needs Our Courage In Order To Give Witness To Truth.

Beware Of Getting Too Comfortable! When We Are Comfortable, It’s Easy To Forget Other People.

[orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, My Brother. We Kissed Each Other, Embraced, And Then A Conversation For Two Hours. Old Age Doesn't Come On Its Own.two Hours Where We Spoke As Brothers, Sincerely And No One Knows What Was Spoke About, Only What We Said At The End Publicly About How We Felt As We Spoke.

God Never Tires Of Forgiving Us.

The Measure Of The Greatness Of A Society Is Found In The Way It Treats Those Most In Need, Those Who Have Nothing Apart From Their Poverty!

When Evangelizers Rise From Prayer, Their Hearts Are More Open; Freed Of Self-absorption, They Are Desirous Of Doing Good And Sharing Their Lives With Others.

The Proclamation Of The Gospel Is Destined Primarily To The Poor, To Those Who Often Lack The Essentials For A Decent Life. The Good News Is First Announced To Them, That God Loves Them Before All Others And Comes To Visit Them Through The Acts Of Charity That The Disciples Of Christ Carry Out In His Name.

With God, Nothing Is Lost; But Without Him, Everything Is Lost.

I Had The Habit Of Not Accepting Prizes Or Honors, But Always, Not Out Of Humility, But Because I Don't Like Them. Maybe It's A Little Crazy, But It's Good To Have It, But I Just Don't Like Them.

If In So Many Parts Of The World There Are Children Who Have Nothing To Eat, That's Not News, It Seems Normal. It Cannot Be This Way!

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