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Our Life Is Not Given To Us Like An Opera Libretto, In Which All Is Written Down; But It Means Going, Walking, Doing, Searching, Seeing.... We Must Enter Into The Adventure Of The Quest For Meeting God; We Must Let God Search And Encounter Us.

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Our Life Is Not

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Our Life Is Not Given To Us Like An Opera Libretto, In Which All Is Written Down; But It Means Going, Walking, Doing, Searching, Seeing.... We Must Enter Into The Adventure Of The Quest For Meeting God; We Must Let God Search And Encounter Us.

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We Now Live In A Culture Of The Temporary, In Which More And More People Are Simply Giving Up On Marriage As A Public Commitment.

If We Want Security, Let Us Give Security; If We Want Life, Let Us Give Life; If We Want Opportunities, Let Us Provide Opportunities. The Yardstick We Use For Others Will Be The Yardstick Which Time Will Use For Us.

The Pope Loves Everyone, Rich And Poor Alike, But The Pope Has The Duty, In Christ's Name, To Remind The Rich To Help The Poor, To Respect Them, To Promote Them.

God Never Gives Someone A Gift They Are Not Capable Of Receiving. If He Gives Us The Gift Of Christmas, It Is Because We All Have The Ability To Understand And Receive It.

Negative Feelings Choke The Lord’s Word In Us.

A God Who Draws Near Out Of Love, The Holy Father Continued, Walks With His People, And This Walk Comes To An Unimaginable Point. We Could Never Have Imagined That The Same Lord Would Become One Of Us And Walk With Us, Be Present With Us, Present In His Church, Present In The Eucharist, Present In His Word, Present In The Poor, He Is Present, Walking With Us. And This Is Closeness: The Shepherd Close To His Flock, Close To His Sheep, Whom He Knows, One By One.

Do Not Be Afraid To Cast Yourselves Into The Arms Of God; Whatever He Asks Of You, He Will Repay A Hundredfold.

Press On! Don't Let Yourselves Be Robbed Of Hope. Understood?

Prayer, Humility, And Charity Toward All Are Essential In The Christian Life: They Are The Way To Holiness.

May We Try To Listen And Be Silent In Order To Make Space For The Beauty Of God.

Let Us Never Yield To Pessimism, To That Bitterness That The Devil Offers Us Every Day.

If We Take The Poor Away From The Gospel, We Won't Be Able To Understand The Whole Message Of Jesus Christ.

Let Christ Turn Your Natural Optimism Into Christian Hope, Your Energy Into Moral Virtue, Your Good Will Into Genuine Self-sacrificin G Love! This Is The Path You Are Called To Take. This Is The Path To Overcoming All That Threatens Hope, Virtue And Love In Your Lives And In Your Culture. In This Way Your Youth Will Be A Gift To Jesus And To The World.

We Face So Many Challenges In Life: Poverty, Distress, Humiliation, The Struggle For Justice, Persecutions, The Difficulty Of Daily Conversion, The Effort To Remain Faithful To Our Call To Holiness, And Many Others. But If We Open The Door To Jesus And Allow Him To Be Part Of Our Lives, If We Share Our Joys And Sorrows With Him, Then We Will Experience The Peace And Joy That Only God, Who Is Infinite Love, Can Give.

I Believe In The Kindness Of Others, And That I Must Love Them Without Fear.

Let Us Never Forget This, He Is Pure Mercy, Let Us Go To Jesus!

A Second Key Area Where You Are Called To Make A Contribution Is In Showing Concern For The Environment. This Is Not Only Because This Country, More Than Many Others, Is Likely To Be Seriously Affected By Climate Change. You Are Called To Care For Creation Not Only As Responsible Citizens, But Also As Followers Of Christ!

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.

There Is So Much Noise In The World! May We Learn To Be Silent In Our Hearts And Before God.

People In Every Nation Enhance The Social Dimension Of Their Lives By Acting As Committed And Responsible Citizens.

Christian Witness Is Concrete: Words Without Actions Are Empty.

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. Or To Live Comfortably, No? It's Against The Hippocratic Oaths Doctors Must Take.

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I Would Like To Ask All Those Who Have Positions Of Responsibility In Economic, Political And Social Life, And All Men And Women Of Goodwill: Let Us Be 'protectors' Of Creation, Protectors Of God's Plan Inscribed In Nature, Protectors Of One Another And Of The Environment.

The One Thing That The Catholic Church Desires, And That I Seek As Bishop Of Rome, “the Church Which Presides In Charity”, Is Communion With The Orthodox Churches.

A Christian Is One Who Is Invited... To Join In The Feast, To The Joy Of Being Saved, To The Joy Of Being Redeemed, To The Joy Of Sharing Life With Christ. This Is A Joy! You Are Called To A Party!

I Know Married Catholics In A Second Union Who Go To Church, Who Go To Church Once Or Twice A Year And Say I Want Communion, As If Joining In Communion Were An Award. It's A Work Towards Integration, All Doors Are Open, But We Cannot Say, 'from Here On They Can Have Communion.'

Living Together Is An Art. It's A Patient Art, It's A Beautiful Art, It's Fascinating.

I Tell Priests To Flee From Clericalism Because Clericalism Distances People. May They Flee From Clericalism And I Add: It's A Plague In The Church.

If We, Each Doing Our Own Part, If We Do Good To Others, If We Meet There, Doing Good, And We Go Slowly, Gently, Little By Little, We Will Make That Culture Of Encounter: We Need That So Much. We Must Meet One Another Doing Good.

To Use A Telling Phrase Of The Reverend Martin Luther King, We Can Say That We Have Defaulted On A Promissory Note And Now Is The Time To Honor It.

Let Us Build Our Lives Of Faith On The Rock Who Is Christ.

Whoever Does Not Pray To God, Prays To The Devil.

If We Wish To Follow Christ Closely, We Cannot Choose An Easy, Quiet Life. It Will Be A Demanding Life, But Full Of Joy.

Do I Guard Myself, My Heart, My Feelings, My Thoughts? Do I Guard The Treasure Of Grace? Do I Guard The Presence Of The Holy Spirit In Me? Or Do I Let Go, Feeling Secure, Believing That All Is Going Well?

Let Us Protect With Love All That God Has Given Us!

Education, Work, And Access To Health Care For All Are Key Elements For Development And The Just Distribution Of Goods, For The Attainment Of Social Justice, For Membership In Society, And For Free And Responsible Participation In Political Life.

May The God Of Peace Arouse In All An Authentic Desire For Dialogue And Reconciliation. Violence Cannot Be Overcome With Violence. Violence Is Overcome With Peace.

Do Not Be Afraid! Our Father Is Patient, He Loves Us, He Gives Us Jesus To Guide Us On The Way Which Leads To The Promised Land. Jesus Is The Light Who Brightens The Darkness. He Is Our Peace.

There Is No Sin That God Cannot Pardon. All We Need To Do Is Ask For Forgiveness

Asking For Forgiveness

When I Saw From Rome That Catastrophe (brought By Yolanda) I Had To Be Here. And On Those Very Days I Decided To Come Here. I Am Here To Be With You – A Little Bit Late, But I’m Here.

Babies Cry, Make Noise, Go Here And There. But It Annoys Me When A Baby Cries In Church And There Are Those Who Say He Needs To Go Out. The Cry Of A Baby Is God's Voice: Never Drive Them Away From The Church!

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