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Many Of You Have Asked The Lord, Looking At Him: Why, Lord? And The Lord Answers To Each One Of You, To Your Heart, Christ Responds With His Heart. It's The Only Thing I Can Tell You. Let Us Look To Christ, He Is The Lord And He Understands Us Because He Underwent All The Trials That We Go Through.

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Many Of You Have Asked The Lord, Looking At Him: Why, Lord? And The Lord Answers To Each One Of You, To Your Heart, Christ Responds With His Heart. It's The Only Thing I Can Tell You. Let Us Look To Christ, He Is The Lord And He Understands Us Because He Underwent All The Trials That We Go Through.

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Thought Provoking

Our Mother Mary Is Full Of Beauty Because She Is Full Of Grace.

Today, The News Is Scandals, That Is News, But The Many Children Who Don’t Have Food - That’s Not News. This Is Grave. We Can’t Rest Easy While Things Are This Way.

Our Relationship With The Followers Of Islam Has Taken On Great Importance, Since They Are Now Significantly Present In Many Traditionally Christian Countries, Where They Can Freely Worship And Become Fully A Part Of Society. We Must Never Forget That They "profess To Hold The Faith Of Abraham, And Together With Us They Adore The One, Merciful God, Who Will Judge Humanity On The Last Day".

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.

Reject Every Form Of Corruption.

I Love Tango, And I Used To Dance When I Was Young.

Are Our Lives Truly Filled With The Presence Of God? How Many Things Take The Place Of God In My Life Each Day?

Presence Of God

Where The Elderly Are Not Honored, There Is No Future For The Young.

The Moral Problem Of Abortion Is Of A Pre Religious Nature Because The Genetic Code Is Written In A Person At The Moment Of Conception. A Human Being Is There. I Separate The Topic Of Abortion From Any Specifically Religious Notions. It Is A Scientific Problem. Not To Allow The Further Development Of A Being Which Already Has All The Genetic Code Of A Human Being Is Not Ethical. The Right To Life Is The First Among Human Rights. To Abort A Child Is To Kill Someone Who Cannot Defend Himself.

Dear Friends, Sometimes We May Be Tempted To Allow Ourselves Be Overtaken By Laziness Or Despondency, Especially When Faced With The Hardships And Trials Of Life. In These Cases, Do Not Lose Heart, But Invoke The Holy Spirit, So That With The Gift Of Fortitude He Can Lift Our Hearts And Communicate New Vigor And Enthusiasm To Our Lives And Our Following Jesus.

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

The Tyranny Of Relativism Is The Spiritual Poverty Of Our Time

We Are All Missionary Disciples

Our Faith In Christ, Who Became Poor, And Was Always Close To The Poor And The Outcast, Is The Basis Of Our Concern For The Integral Development Of Society’s Most Neglected Members.

The People Of God Want Pastors, Not Clergy Acting Like Bureaucrats Or Government Officials.

The Big Bang, Which Today We Hold To Be The Origin Of The World, Does Not Contradict The Intervention Of The Divine Creator But, Rather, Requires It.

Let Us Not Allow Ourselves To Be Robbed Of Missionary Enthusiasm!

More Than By Fear Of Going Astray, My Hope Is That We Will Be Moved By The Fear Of Remaining Shut Up Within Structures Which Give Us A False Sense Of Security, Within Rules Which Make Us Harsh Judges, Within Habits Which Make Us Feel Safe, While At Our Door People Are Starving And Jesus Does Not Tire Of Saying To Us: 'give Them Something To Eat.'

Don't Confuse The Evil Of Avoiding Pregnancy By Itself, With Abortion. Abortion Is Not A Theological Problem, It Is A Human Problem, It Is A Medical Problem. You Kill One Person To Save Another, In The Best Case Scenario.

Medical Problems

This Generation, And Many Others, Have Been Led To Believe That The Devil Is A Myth, A Figure, An Idea, The Idea Of Evil... But The Devil Exists And We Must Fight Against Him.

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

Soccer Must Play A Socio-cultural Role. We Reach 1.6 Billion People, Thanks To The Positive Emotions That Soccer Triggers, Fifa Is More Influential Than Any Country On Earth And Any Religion. We Move Masses. We Want To Use That To Create More Peace, Justice And Health In The World.

The Border Between Good And Evil Passes Not Outside Of Us But Within Us

The Alliance Of Love Between A Man And A Woman, An Alliance For Life, Cannot Be Improvised, And Is Not Made In A Day.

Jesus Spoke In Such A Way That The People Loved The Things Of God. That’s Why They Followed Him.

I Have Neither Silver Nor Gold, But I Bring With Me The Most Precious Thing Given To Me: Jesus Christ.

Human Trafficking Is A Scourge, A Crime Against The Whole Of Humanity. It Is Time To Join Forces And Work Together To Free Its Victims And To Eradicate This Crime That Affects All Of Us, From Individual Families To The Worldwide Community.

Working Together

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