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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.

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Indifference To Our Neighbour

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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.

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War Is The Suicide Of Humanity Because It Kills The Heart And Kills Love.

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.

Let's Not Be Naive, We're Not Talking About A Simple Political Battle; It Is A Destructive Pretension Against The Plan Of God. We Are Not Talking About A Mere Bill, But Rather A Machination Of The Father Of Lies That Seeks To Confuse And Deceive The Children Of God.

In A Family It Is Normal To Take Charge Of Those Who Need Help. Do Not Be Afraid Of Frailty!

The Great Challenge Facing Us Today Is To Learn Once Again How To Talk To One Another, Not Simply How To Generate And Consume Information. The Latter Is A Tendency Which Our Important And Influential Modern Communications Media Can Encourage. Information Is Important, But It Is Not Enough. All Too Often Things Get Simplified, Different Positions And Viewpoints Are Pitted Against One Another, And People Are Invited To Take Sides, Rather Than To See Things As A Whole.

The Lord Speaks To Us Through The Scriptures And In Our Prayer. Let Us Learn To Keep Silence Before Him, As We Meditate Upon The Gospel.

How I Wish That All Men And Women Of Good Will Would Look To The Cross If Only For A Moment! There, We Can See God’s Reply: Violence Is Not Answered With Violence, Death Is Not Answered With The Language Of Death. In The Silence Of The Cross, The Uproar Of Weapons Ceases And The Language Of Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Dialogue, And Peace Is Spoken.

Lord Jesus, Make Us Capable Of Loving As You Love.

War Destroys, Kills, Impoverishes. Lord, Give Us Your Peace!

To Love God And Neighbor Is Not Something Abstract, But Profoundly Concrete: It Means Seeing In Every Person And Face Of The Lord To Be Served, To Serve Him Concretely. And You Are, Dear Brothers And Sisters, In The Face Of Jesus.

We Also Try To Reach Out To People Who Are Far Away, Via Digital Means, The Web And Brief Messaging.

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 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.

The Church Is Likewise Conscious Of The Responsibility Which All Of Us Have For Our World, For The Whole Of Creation, Which We Must Love And Protect. There Is Much That We Can Do To Benefit The Poor, The Needy And Those Who Suffer, And To Favour Justice, Promote Reconciliation And Build Peace. But Before All Else We Need To Keep Alive In Our World The Thirst For The Absolute, And To Counter The Dominance Of A One-dimensional Vision Of The Human Person, A Vision Which Reduces Human Beings To What They Produce And To What They Consume: This Is One Of The Most Insidious Temptations Of Our Time.

We Have, In A Sense, Lorded It Over Nature, Over Sister Earth, Over Mother Earth, I Think Man Has Gone Too Far.

Peacemaking Calls For Courage, Much More So Than Warfare.

Before I Give You A Blessing, I Ask You For A Favor: I Want You To Bless Me.

Jesus’ Cross Shows The Full Force Of Evil, But Also The Full Power Of God’s Mercy.

Let Love Simply Bloom... And It Is Unstoppable.

There Is The Father, The Son And The Holy Spirit, They Are Persons, They Are Not Some Vague Idea In The Clouds. This God Spray Does Not Exist! The Three Persons Exist!

Let Us Ask Mary To Help Us Respond To Violence, To Conflict And To War, With The Power Of Dialogue, Reconciliation And Love. She Is Our Mother: May She Help Us To Find Peace; All Of Us Are Her Children!

To All People Of Good Will Who Are Working For Social Justice: Never Tire Of Working For A More Just World, Marked By Greater Solidarity!

How Many People Worldwide Are Victims Of This Type Of Slavery, In Which The Person Is At The Service Of His Or Her Work, While Work Should Offer A Service To People So They May Have Dignity. I Ask My Brothers And Sisters In Faith And All Men And Women Of Good Will For A Decisive Choice To Combat Trafficking In Persons, Which Includes "slave Labor."

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.

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

Do I Pray That The Lord Gives Me The Desire To Do His Will, Or Do I Look For Compromises Because I'm Afraid Of God's Will?

Maybe It's A Little Crazy, But It's Good To Have It, But I Just Don't Like [prizes Or Honors].

I Do Not Believe It Is Right To Identify Islam With Violence. This Is Not Right Or True.

Let Us Pray For All Good And Faithful Priests Who Dedicate Themselves To Their People With Generosity And Unknown Sacrifices.

Such Self-denial 'may Appear Demanding,' But It Will Allow You, So To Speak, To Be And To Breathe Within The Heart Of The Church.

Who Am I To Judge A Gay Person?

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