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Today, There Are Those Who Say That Marriage Is Out Of Fashion... They Say That It Is Not Worth Making A Life-long Commitment, Making A Definitive Decision, ‘for Ever’, Because We Do Not Know What Tomorrow Will Bring. I Ask You, Instead, To Be Revolutionaries, I Ask You To Swim Against The Tide; Yes, I Am Asking You To Rebel Against This Culture That Sees Everything As Temporary And That Ultimately Believes You Are Incapable Of Responsibility, That Believes You Are Incapable Of True Love.

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Today, There Are Those Who Say That Marriage Is Out Of Fashion... They Say That It Is Not Worth Making A Life-long Commitment, Making A Definitive Decision, ‘for Ever’, Because We Do Not Know What Tomorrow Will Bring. I Ask You, Instead, To Be Revolutionaries, I Ask You To Swim Against The Tide; Yes, I Am Asking You To Rebel Against This Culture That Sees Everything As Temporary And That Ultimately Believes You Are Incapable Of Responsibility, That Believes You Are Incapable Of True Love.

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It Is Normal For Husband And Wife To Argue: It's Normal. It Always Happens. But My Advice Is This: Never Let The Day End Without Having First Made Peace. Never!

Fraternal Love Is The Nearest Testimony That We Can Give That Jesus Is Alive Among Us.

We Forget To Remain Focused On The Things That Really Matter.

Every Christian Can Witness To God In The Workplace, Not Only With Words, But Above All With An Honest Life.

[mexican People] Have A Culture, A Culture That Goes Back Millennia.

Please Waste Time Just Playing With Your Kids!

Let Us Protect Christ In Our Lives, So That We Can Protect Others, So That We Can Protect Creation!

We Must Not Let Ourselves Fall Into The Vortex Of Pessimism. Faith Can Move Mountains!

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

Peacemaking Calls For Courage, Much More So Than Warfare.

Do Not Be Content To Live A Mediocre Christian Life: Walk With Determination Along The Path Of Holiness.

Politics Is The Most Important Of The Civil Activities And Has Its Own Field Of Action, Which Is Not That Of Religion.

Our Efforts Must Aim At Restoring Hope, Righting Wrongs, Maintaining Commitments, And Thus Promoting The Well-being Of Individuals And Of Peoples.

I Like To Speak With The Youth, And I Like To Hear The Youth. They Always Put Me In Difficulty. They Tell Me Things That I Haven't Thought Of, Or That I've Partly Thought Of. The Restless Youth, The Creative Youth, I Like Them!

We Ought Never To Lose Hope. God Overwhelms Us With His Grace, If We Keep Asking.

Sin, Also For Those Who Don't Have Faith, Exists When One Goes Against One's Conscience. To Listen To And Obey It Means, In Fact, To Decide In Face Of What Is Perceived As Good Or Evil. And On This Decision Pivots The Goodness Or Malice Of Our Action.

Our Life Must Be Centred On What Is Essential, On Jesus Christ. Everything Else Is Secondary.

We Cannot Trust In Our Own Strength, But Only In Jesus And In His Mercy.

Wine Is A Sign Of Happiness, Love And Plenty, How Many Of Our Adolescents And Young People Sense That These Are No Longer Found In Their Homes? How Many Women, Sad And Lonely, Wonder When Love Left, When It Slipped Away From Their Lives? How Many Elderly People Feel Left Out Of Family Celebrations, Cast Aside And Longing Each Day For A Little Love?

We Are Far From The So Called 'end Of History,' Since The Conditions For A Sustainable And Peaceful Development Have Not Yet Been Adequately Articulated And Realized.

Let Us Ask Mary To Help Us Fix Our Eyes Intently On Jesus, To Follow Him Always, Even When This Is Demanding.

In The Poor And Outcast We See Christ’s Face; By Loving And Helping The Poor, We Love And Serve Christ.

Human Beings Are Themselves Considered Consumer Goods To Be Used And Then Discarded. We Have Created A 'disposable' Culture Which Is Now Spreading. It Is No Longer Simply About Exploitation And Oppression, But Something New.

The Family Is The Greatest Treasure Of Any Country. Let Us All Work To Protect And Strengthen This, The Cornerstone Of Society.

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It Might Be Better - More Comfortable - To Have A Dog And Two Cats. All The Love Is Focused On The Cats And The Dog. Am I Right Or Wrong Here? Have You Seen It? At The End Of This Marriage, Comes Old Age And Loneliness.

The Annual World Day Of Prayer For The Care Of Creation Will Offer Individual Believers And Communities A Fitting Opportunity To Reaffirm Their Personal Vocation To Be Stewards Of Creation, To Thank God For The Wonderful Handiwork Which He Has Entrusted To Our Care, And To Implore His Help For The Protection Of Creation, As Well As His Pardon For The Sins Committed Against The World In Which We Live.

Pastors Must Welcome The Lost Sheep. Actually, I Made A Mistake. I Said Welcome, Rather, Go Out And Find Them.

To Live As True Children Of God Means To Love Our Neighbour And To Be Close To Those Who Are Lonely And In Difficulty

In A Family It Is Normal To Take Charge Of Those Who Need Help. Do Not Be Afraid Of Frailty!

There Is An Ideological Colonization We Have To Be Careful Of That Tries To Destroy The Family.

The Lord Put It Clearly: You Cannot Serve Two Masters. You Have To Choose Between God And Money.

Joy Cannot Be Held At Heel: It Must Be Let Go. Joy Is A Pilgrim Virtue. It Is A Gift That Walks, Walks On The Path Of Life, That Walks With Jesus: Preaching, Proclaiming Jesus, Proclaiming Joy, Lengthens And Widens That Path.

When We Give Help To The Poor, We Are Not Doing The Work Of Aid Agencies 'in A Christian Way'. Those Are Good, It Is A Decent Thing To Do - Aid Work Is Good And Quite Human - But It Is Not Christian Poverty, Which St. Paul Desires Of Us And Preaches To Us. Christian Poverty Is That I Give Of My Own, And Not Of That Which Is Left Over - I Give Even That, Which I Need For Myself, To The Poor Person, Because I Know That He Enriches Me. Why Does The Poor Person Enrich Me? Because Jesus Himself Told Us That He Is In The Poor Person.

Consumerism Has Accustomed Us To Waste. But Throwing Food Away Is Like Stealing It From The Poor And Hungry.

I Distrust A Charity That Costs Nothing And Does Not Hurt.

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