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So Let Us Ask Ourselves This Evening, In Adoring Christ Who Is Really Present In The Eucharist: Do I Let Myself Be Transformed By Him? Do I Let The Lord Who Gives Himself To Me, Guide Me To Going Out Ever More From My Little Enclosure, In Order To Give, To Share, To Love Him And Others? Brothers And Sisters, Following, Communion, Sharing. Let Us Pray That Participation In The Eucharist May Always Be An Incentive: To Follow The Lord Every Day, To Be Instruments Of Communion And To Share What We Are With Him And With Our Neighbour. Our Life Will Then Be Truly Fruitful.

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Pope Francis

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So Let Us Ask Ourselves This Evening, In Adoring Christ Who Is Really Present In The Eucharist: Do I Let Myself Be Transformed By Him? Do I Let The Lord Who Gives Himself To Me, Guide Me To Going Out Ever More From My Little Enclosure, In Order To Give, To Share, To Love Him And Others? Brothers And Sisters, Following, Communion, Sharing. Let Us Pray That Participation In The Eucharist May Always Be An Incentive: To Follow The Lord Every Day, To Be Instruments Of Communion And To Share What We Are With Him And With Our Neighbour. Our Life Will Then Be Truly Fruitful.

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Today Is [the Feast Of] Santa Rita, Patron Saint Of Impossible Things - But This Seems Impossible: Let Us Ask Of Her This Grace, This Grace That All, All, All People Would Do Good And That We Would Encounter One Another In This Work, Which Is A Work Of Creation, Like The Creation Of The Father. A Work Of The Family, Because We Are All Children Of God, All Of Us, All Of Us! And God Loves Us, All Of Us! May Santa Rita Grant Us This Grace, Which Seems Almost Impossible. Amen.

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Thank God [donald Trump] Said I Was A Politician Because Aristotle Defined The Human Person As 'animal Politicus.' At Least I Am A Human Person. As To Whether I Am A Pawn, Well, Maybe, I Don't Know. I'll Leave That Up To Your Judgment And That Of The People.

Humility Saves Man: Pride Makes Him Lose His Way.

The Philippines Bear Witness To The Youthfulness And Vitality Of The Church.

May The Power Of Christ, Which Brings Freedom And Service, Be Felt In So Many Hearts Afflicted By War, Persecution And Slavery.

The Corrupt Should Be Tied To A Rock & Thrown Into The Sea

Putin Has Big Plans For Russia...hats Off To The Russians. I Think I Would Just Get Along Very Well With Vladimir Putin.

May We Learn To Say “thank You” To God And To One Another. We Teach Children To Do It, And Then We Forget To Do It Ourselves!

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 A Company Can Declare Bankruptcy, Why Can't A Country Do So?

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!

Your Sins Are Great? Just Tell The Lord: Forgive Me, Help Me To Get Up Again, Change My Heart!

Lord, Teach Us To Step Outside Ourselves. Teach Us To Go Out Into The Streets And Manifest Your Love.

Legislative Activity Is Always Best Based On Care For The People.

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."

Advent Is A Journey Towards Bethlehem. May We Let Ourselves Be Drawn By The Light Of God Made Man.

Families Will Always Have Their Trials; Be Living Examples Of Love, Forgiveness, And Care

If I Speak Of Islamic Violence, I Must Speak Of Catholic Violence.

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

This Christmas May We Be Consistent In Living The Gospel, Welcoming Jesus Into The Centre Of Our Lives.

How Does St. Joseph Exercise His Role As Protector? Discreetly, Humbly And Silently, But With An Unfailing Presence And Utter Fidelity, Even When He Finds It Hard To Understand.

We Are All Jars Of Clay, Fragile And Poor, Yet We Carry Within Us An Immense Treasure.

If Globalization Seeks To Bring All Of Us Together, But To Do So Respecting Each Person, Each Individual Person's Peculiarity, That Globalization Is Good And Makes Us Good And Grow And Leads To Peace.

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