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If The Seminary Is Too Large, It Ought To Be Divided Into Smaller Communities With Formators Who Are Equipped Really To Accompany Those In Their Charge. Dialogue Must Be Serious, Without Fear, Sincere. It Is Important To Recall That The Language Of Young People In Formation Today Is Different From That In The Past: We Are Living Through An Epochal Change. Formation Is A Work Of Art, Not A Police Action. We Must Form Their Hearts. Otherwise We Are Creating Little Monsters. And Then These Little Monsters Mold The People Of God. This Really Gives Me Goose Bumps.

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If The Seminary Is Too Large, It Ought To Be Divided Into Smaller Communities With Formators Who Are Equipped Really To Accompany Those In Their Charge. Dialogue Must Be Serious, Without Fear, Sincere. It Is Important To Recall That The Language Of Young People In Formation Today Is Different From That In The Past: We Are Living Through An Epochal Change. Formation Is A Work Of Art, Not A Police Action. We Must Form Their Hearts. Otherwise We Are Creating Little Monsters. And Then These Little Monsters Mold The People Of God. This Really Gives Me Goose Bumps.

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It Makes Me Sad When I Find Sisters Who Aren't Joyful. They Might Smile, But With Just A Smile They Could Be Flight Attendants!

I Believe In The Old Warrior's Credo That "to The Victor Go The Spoils."

Mary Joins Us, She Fights At Our Side. She Supports Christians In The Fight Against The Forces Of Evil. Especially Through Prayer, Through The Rosary. Hear Me Out, The Rosary... Do You Pray The Rosary Each Day?

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

The Human Person Is In Danger: This Is Certain, The Human Person Is In Danger Today, Here Is The Urgency Of Human Ecology! And It Is A Serious Danger Because The Cause Of The Problem Is Not Superficial But Profound: It Is Not Just A Matter Of Economics, But Of Ethics And Anthropology.

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

The Mystery Of The Cross, A Mystery Of Love, Can Only Be Understood In Prayer. Pray And Weep, Kneeling Before The Cross.

It Is Through An Unbroken Chain Of Witnesses That We Come To See The Face Of Jesus.

Faith Is Professed With The Lips And With The Heart, Through Words & Through Love.

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.

Find New Ways To Spread The Word Of God To Every Corner Of The World.

I Want To Express My Closeness To The People Of The Philippines Who Have Been Struck By A Strong Earthquake, And I Invite You To Pray For That Dear Nation, Which In Recent Days Has Suffered Different Calamities.

Faith Is Not A Light Which Scatters All Our Darkness, But A Lamp Which Guides Our Steps In The Night And Suffices For The Journey.

In The Poor And Outcast We See Christ’s Face; By Loving And Helping The Poor, We Love And Serve Christ.

On The Ordination Of Women, The Church Has Spoken And Said No. John Paul Ii, In A Definitive Formulation Said That Door Is Closed.

No One Can Grow If He Does Not Accept His Smallness.

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.

The Culture Of Prosperity Deadens Us; We Are Thrilled If The Market Offers Us Something New To Purchase; And In The Meantime All Those Lives Stunted For Lack Of Opportunity Seem A Mere Spectacle; They Fail To Move Us.

Move Forward And Let Others Do The Same. Simple. This Is A Guiding Principle Everyone Should Have.

Human Rights Are Not Only Violated By Terrorism, Repression Or Assassination, But Also By Unfair Economic Structures That Creates Huge Inequalities.

Economic Inequality

Perhaps I Can Say That I Am A Bit Astute, That I Can Adapt To Circumstances, But It Is Also True That I Am A Bit Naive. Yes, But The Best Summary, The One That Comes More From The Inside And I Feel Most True Is This: I Am A Sinner Whom The Lord Has Looked Upon.

Following Jesus Means Taking Up One's Own Cross To Accompany Him On His Path, An Uncomfortable Path That Is Not One Of Success Or Earthly Glory, But Which Leads To True Freedom, The Freedom From Selfishness And Sin.

"god Is Love". His Is Not A Sentimental, Emotional Kind Of Love But The Love Of The Father Who Is The Origin Of All Life, The Love Of The Son Who Dies On The Cross And Is Raised, The Love Of The Spirit Who Renews Human Beings And The World. Thinking That God Is Love Does Us So Much Good, Because It Teaches Us To Love, To Give Ourselves To Others As Jesus Gave Himself To Us And Walks With Us. Jesus Walks Beside Us On The Road Through Life.

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

Do You Know What The Title Was Of The Pope, Which Ought To Be Used? Servant Of The Servants Of God. It's A Little Different From The Stars. Stars Are Beautiful To Look At. I Like To Look At Them In The Summer When The Sky Is Clear. But The Pope Must Be, Must Be The Servant Of The Servants Of God.

Europe Has Discarded Its Children. A Bit Triumphantly. I Remember That When I Was Studying In One Country The Clinics That Did Abortions Then Prepared Everything To Send It To Cosmetic Factories. Makeup Made With The Blood Of Innocents. And This Was Something To Brag About, Because It Was Progressive.

I Think Both Freedom Of Religion And Freedom Of Expression Are Both Fundamental Human Rights, Everyone Has Not Only The Freedom And The Right But The Obligation To Say What Pope Francis Thinks For The Common Good... We Have The Right To Have This Freedom Openly Without Offending.

If I'm Not Mistaken, Sigmund Freud Said That In Every Idealisation There's An Aggression. Depicting The Pope As A Sort Of Superman, A Star, Is Offensive To Me. The Pope Is A Man Who Laughs, Cries, Sleeps Calmly And Has Friends Like Everyone Else. A Normal Person.

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