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We Are Not Alone. We Have Many Brothers Who In This Moment Of Catastrophe Came To Help. And We Too, Because Of This, We Feel More Like Brothers And Sisters Because We Helped Each Other.

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We Are Not Alone.

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We Are Not Alone. We Have Many Brothers Who In This Moment Of Catastrophe Came To Help. And We Too, Because Of This, We Feel More Like Brothers And Sisters Because We Helped Each Other.

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The Lord Always Grants More Than What He Has Been Asked: You Ask Him To Remember You, And He Brings You Into His Kingdom!

All Of Us Benefit From Remembering Our Past. A People Which Remembers Does Not Repeat Past Errors; Instead, It Looks With Confidence To The Challenges Of The Present And The Future.

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.

Men And Women Are Sacrificed To The Idols Of Profit And Consumption: It Is The 'culture Of Waste.' If A Computer Breaks It Is A Tragedy, But Poverty, The Needs And Dramas Of So Many People End Up Being Considered Normal. ... When The Stock Market Drops 10 Points In Some Cities, It Constitutes A Tragedy. Someone Who Dies Is Not News, But Lowering Income By 10 Points Is A Tragedy! In This Way People Are Thrown Aside As If They Were Trash.

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

I Had A Long Conversation With The Imam, The Grand Imam Of The Al-azhar University, And I Know How They Think... They Seek Peace, Encounter.

Are We Capable Of Bringing The Word Of God Into The Environment In Which We Live? Do We Know How To Speak Of Christ, Of What He Represents For Us, In Our Families, Among The People Who Form Part Of Our Daily Lives? Faith Is Born From Listening, And Is Strengthened By Proclamation.

I Believe In The Old Warrior's Credo That "to The Victor Go The Spoils."

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

The Most Important Thing Is The First Proclamation: Jesus Christ Has Saved You.

Integrating In The Church Doesn't Mean Receiving Communion.

The Internet Offers Immense Possibilities For Encounter And Solidarity. This Is Something Truly Good, A Gift From God.

If In So Many Parts Of The World There Are Children Who Have Nothing To Eat, That's Not News, It Seems Normal. It Cannot Be This Way!

Christians Are Those Who Let God Clothe Them With Goodness And Mercy, With Christ, So As To Become, Like Christ, Servants Of God And Others.

The Son Of God Became Incarnate In The Souls Of Men To Instill The Feeling Of Brotherhood. All Are Brothers And All Children Of God.

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!

We Cannot Be Christians Part-time. If Christ Is At The Center Of Our Lives, He Is Present In All That We Do.

What Has The Cross Left In Each Of Us? You See, It Gives Us A Treasure That No One Else Can Give: The Certainty Of The Faithful Love Which God Has For Us. A Love So Great That It Enters Into Our Sin And Forgives It, Enters Into Our Suffering And Gives Us The Strength To Bear It. It Is A Love Which Enters Into Death To Conquer It And Save Us.

Our Prayer Cannot Be Reduced To An Hour On Sundays. It Is Important To Have A Daily Relationship With The Lord.

Do Good: We Will Meet One Another There.

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

True Peace Is Not A Balance Of Opposing Forces, And It Is Not ‘a Lovely Façade’ Simply Covering Conflicts And Divisions. Rather, Peace Calls For Daily Commitment -- It's Homemade -- Starting From God's Gift, From The Grace Which He Has Given Us In Jesus Christ.

Dear Young People, Please, Don’t Be Observers Of Life, But Get Involved. Jesus Did Not Remain An Observer, But He Immersed Himself. Don’t Be Observers, But Immerse Yourself In The Reality Of Life, As Jesus Did.

Don't Be Afraid To Go To The Sacrament Of Confession, Where You Will Meet Jesus Who Forgives You.

Consumerism Has Led Us To Become Used To An Excess And Daily Waste Of Food, To Which, At Times, We Are No Longer Able To Give A Just Value, Which Goes Well Beyond Mere Economic Parameters. We Should All Remember, However, That Throwing Food Away Is Like Stealing From The Tables Of The The Poor, The Hungry!

When We Talk About The Environment, About Creation, My Thoughts Turn To The First Pages Of The Bible, The Book Of Genesis, Which States That God Placed Man And Woman On Earth To Cultivate And Care For It. And The Question Comes To My Mind: What Does Cultivating And Caring For The Earth Mean? Are We Truly Cultivating And Caring For Creation? Or Are We Exploiting And Neglecting It?

Let The Risen Jesus Enter Your Life, Welcome Him As A Friend, With Trust: He Is Life! If Up Till Now You Have Kept Him At A Distance, Step Forward. He Will Receive You With Open Arms. If You Have Been Indifferent, Take A Risk: You Won’t Be Disappointed. If Following Him Seems Difficult, Don’t Be Afraid, Trust Him, Be Confident That He Is Close To You, He Is With You And He Will Give You The Peace You Are Looking For And The Strength To Live As He Would Have You Do.

We Christians Bring Peace And Grace As A Treasure To Be Offered To The World, But These Gifts Can Bear Fruit Only When Christians Live And Work Together In Harmony. This Makes It Easier To Contribute To Building Relations Of Respect And Peaceful Coexistence With Those Who Belong To Other Religious Traditions, And With Non-believers.

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