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Let The Risen Jesus Enter Your Life, Welcome Him As A Friend, With Trust: He Is Life! If Up Till Now You Have Kept Him At A Distance, Step Forward. He Will Receive You With Open Arms. If You Have Been Indifferent, Take A Risk: You Won’t Be Disappointed. If Following Him Seems Difficult, Don’t Be Afraid, Trust Him, Be Confident That He Is Close To You, He Is With You And He Will Give You The Peace You Are Looking For And The Strength To Live As He Would Have You Do.

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Let The Risen Jesus

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Let The Risen Jesus Enter Your Life, Welcome Him As A Friend, With Trust: He Is Life! If Up Till Now You Have Kept Him At A Distance, Step Forward. He Will Receive You With Open Arms. If You Have Been Indifferent, Take A Risk: You Won’t Be Disappointed. If Following Him Seems Difficult, Don’t Be Afraid, Trust Him, Be Confident That He Is Close To You, He Is With You And He Will Give You The Peace You Are Looking For And The Strength To Live As He Would Have You Do.

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Wars Are Always Madness: All Is Lost In War, All Is To Be Gained In Peace.

Every Christian Is A Missionary To The Extent That He Or She Bears Witness To God’s Love. Be Missionaries Of God’s Tenderness!

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.

I Have A Dogmatic Certainty: God Is In Every Person's Life. God Is In Everyone's Life. Even If The Life Of A Person Has Been A Disaster, Even If It Is Destroyed By Vices, Drugs Or Anything Else - God Is In This Person's Life. You Can - You Must - Try To Seek God In Every Human Life.

The Confessional Is Not A Torture Chamber, But The Place In Which The Lord's Mercy Motivates Us To Do Better.

Drug Addiction Is An Evil, And With Evil There Can Be No Yielding Or Compromise.

The Fruits Of This Profound Union With Jesus Are Marvelous: Our Whole Being Is Transformed By The Grace Of The Holy Spirit: Soul, Intelligence, Will, Affections And Even The Body, Because We Are United In Body And Spirit.

Education Cannot Be Neutral. It Is Either Positive Or Negative; Either It Enriches Or It Impoverishes; Either It Enables A Person To Grow Or It Lessens, Even Corrupts Him. The Mission Of Schools Is To Develop A Sense Of Truth, Of What Is Good And Beautiful. And This Occurs Through A Rich Path Made Up Of Many Ingredients. This Is Why There Are So Many Subjects - Because Development Is The Results Of Different Elements That Act Together And Stimulate Intelligence, Knowledge, The Emotions, The Body, And So On.

Let The Risen Jesus Enter Your Life, Welcome Him As A Friend, With Trust: He Is Life! If Up Till Now You Have Kept Him At A Distance, Step Forward. He Will Receive You With Open Arms. If You Have Been Indifferent, Take A Risk: You Won’t Be Disappointed. If Following Him Seems Difficult, Don’t Be Afraid, Trust Him, Be Confident That He Is Close To You, He Is With You And He Will Give You The Peace You Are Looking For And The Strength To Live As He Would Have You Do.

We Can Observe The Fourth Commandment By Loving Visits To Our Aging Grandparents

True Charity Requires Courage: Let Us Overcome The Fear Of Getting Our Hands Dirty So As To Help Those In Need.

Dear Parents, Teach Your Children To Pray. Pray With Them.

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