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Sometimes We Are Tempted To Be That Kind Of Christian Who Keeps The Lord’s Wounds At Arm’s Length. Yet Jesus Wants Us To Touch Human Misery, To Touch The Suffering Flesh Of Others. He Hopes That We Will Stop Looking For Those Personal Or Communal Niches Which Shelter Us From The Maelstrom Of Human Misfortune And Instead Enter Into The Reality Of Other People’s Lives And Know The Power Of Tenderness. Whenever We Do So, Our Lives Become Wonderfully Complicated And We Experience Intensely What It Is To Be A People, To Be Part Of A People.

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Sometimes We Are Tempted

Pope Francis

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Sometimes We Are Tempted To Be That Kind Of Christian Who Keeps The Lord’s Wounds At Arm’s Length. Yet Jesus Wants Us To Touch Human Misery, To Touch The Suffering Flesh Of Others. He Hopes That We Will Stop Looking For Those Personal Or Communal Niches Which Shelter Us From The Maelstrom Of Human Misfortune And Instead Enter Into The Reality Of Other People’s Lives And Know The Power Of Tenderness. Whenever We Do So, Our Lives Become Wonderfully Complicated And We Experience Intensely What It Is To Be A People, To Be Part Of A People.

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The Key Phrase Used By The Synod, Which I'll Take Up Again, Is 'integrate' In The Life Of The Church The Wounded Families, Remarried Families, Etc. But Of This One Mustn't Forget The Children In The Middle. They Are The First Victims, Both In The Wounds, And In The Conditions Of Poverty, Of Work.

Human Rights Are Not Only Violated By Terrorism, Repression Or Assassination, But Also By Unfair Economic Structures That Creates Huge Inequalities.

Economic Inequality

The Church Of Rome, The Pope Has Always Said, 'seek Peace.'

Today, In Mexico, They Speak 65 Languages, Counting The Indigenous Languages, 65. It Is A People Of Great Faith. They Have Also Suffered Religious Persecution.

Peace Is A Daily Commitment. It Is A Homemade Peace.

Business Is A Noble Vocation, Directed To Producing Wealth And Improving The World. It Can Be A Fruitful Source Of Prosperity For The Area In Which It Operates, Especially If It Sees The Creation Of Jobs As An Essential Part Of Its Service To The Common Good. This Common Good Also Includes The Earth... The Environmental Challenge We Are Undergoing, And Its Human Roots, Concern And Affect Us All.

Division Within A Christian Community Is A Very Grave Sin; It Is The Work Of The Devil.

I Am Always Wary Of Decisions Made Hastily. I Am Always Wary Of The First Decision, That Is, The First Thing That Comes To My Mind If I Have To Make A Decision. This Is Usually The Wrong Thing. I Have To Wait And Assess, Looking Deep Into Myself, Taking The Necessary Time.

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How Many Innocent People And Children Suffer In The World! Lord, Grant Us Your Peace!

To Be A Mother Is A Great Treasure. Mothers, In Their Unconditional And Sacrificial Love For Their Children, Are The Antidote To Individualism; They Are The Greatest Enemies Against War.

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.

Let Us Never Give In To Pessimism, To That Bitterness That The Devil Offers Us Every Day. Do Not Give In To Pessimism And Discouragement. We Have The Firm Certainty That The Holy Spirit Gives The Church With His Mighty Breath, The Courage To Persevere And Also To Seek New Methods Of Evangelization, To Bring The Gospel To The Ends Of The Earth.

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.

Money Is Needed To Bring About Many Good Things But When Your Heart Is Attached, It Destroys You

Jesus Christ Conferred Power Upon Peter, But What Sort Of Power Was It? Jesus’ Three Questions To Peter About Love Are Followed By Three Commands: Feed My Lambs, Feed My Sheep. Let Us Never Forget That Authentic Power Is Service, And That The Pope Too, When Exercising Power, Must Enter Ever More Fully Into That Service Which Has Its Radiant Culmination On The Cross.

God Never Tires Of Forgiving Us.

Since God Created The World, He Also Created Reality.

Holy Mother Church Teaches Us To End The Year And Also Our Days With An Examination Of Conscience...to Be Grateful And To Ask For Forgiveness.

I Join The March For Life In Washington With My Prayers. May God Help Us Respect All Life, Especially The Most Vulnerable.

The People That Does Not Care For Its Children Or Grandparents Is A People That Has Not Future. Because It Doesn't Have The Strength Or The Memory To Go Forward.

Reject Every Form Of Corruption.

Created Half To Rise, And Half To Fall; Great Lord Of All Things, Yet A Prey To All; Sole Judge Of Truth, In Endless Error Hurled; The Glory, Jest, And Riddle Of The World!

We Have Observed That, In Society And The World In Which We Live, Selfishness Has Increased More Than Love For Others, And That Men Of Good Will Must Work, Each With His Own Strengths And Expertise, To Ensure That Love For Others Increases Until It Is Equal And Possibly Exceeds Love For Oneself.

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.

Everyone Is Called, Everyone Is Sent Out… The Call Of God Can Reach Us On The Assembly Line And In The Office, In The Supermarket And In The Stairwell, I.e., In The Places Of Everyday Life.

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.

10 Days Before The Death Of St. John Paul Ii, In That Via Crucis Of Holy Friday, Joseph Ratzinger Said To The Whole Church That It Needed To Clean Up The Dirt Of The Church.

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