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When We Read About Creation In Genesis, We Run The Risk Of Imagining God Was A Magician, With A Magic Wand Able To Do Everything. But That Is Not So. God Is Not A Demiurge [demigod] Or A Magician, But The Creator Who Gives Being To All Entities. Evolution In Nature Is Not Opposed To The Notion Of Creation, Because Evolution Presupposes The Creation Of Beings That Evolve.

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When We Read About Creation In Genesis, We Run The Risk Of Imagining God Was A Magician, With A Magic Wand Able To Do Everything. But That Is Not So. God Is Not A Demiurge [demigod] Or A Magician, But The Creator Who Gives Being To All Entities. Evolution In Nature Is Not Opposed To The Notion Of Creation, Because Evolution Presupposes The Creation Of Beings That Evolve.

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The Church Encourages Those In Power To Be Truly At The Service Of The Common Good Of Their Peoples. She Urges Financial Leaders To Take Account Of Ethics And Solidarity. And Why Should They Not Turn To God To Draw Inspiration From His Designs? In This Way, A New Political And Economic Mindset Would Arise That Would Help To Transform The Absolute Dichotomy Between The Economic And Social Spheres Into A Healthy Symbiosis.

May We Always Care For Our Children, Not Counting The Cost, So That They May Never Believe Themselves To Be Mistakes, But Always Know Their Infinite Worth.

This May Sound Like Heresy, But It Is The Greatest Truth! It Is More Difficult To Let God Love Us, Than To Love Him! The Best Way To Love Him In Return Is To Open Our Hearts And Let Him Love Us. Let Him Draw Close To Us And Feel Him Close To Us. This Is Really Very Difficult: Letting Ourselves Be Loved By Him. And That Is Perhaps What We Need To Ask Today In The Mass: 'lord, I Want To Love You, But Teach Me The Difficult Science, The Difficult Habit Of Letting Myself Be Loved By You, To Feel You Close And Feel Your Tenderness ! May The Lord Give Us This Grace.

A Senate Vote On Gay Marriage Is A Destructive Pretension Against The Plan Of God

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

The Person Who Gossips Is A Terrorist Who Drops A Bomb, Destroys, And They Destroy Others.

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.

Gay Parenting Is A Rejection Of God's Law Engraved In Our Hearts

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

We Must Overcome...all Forms Of Racism. The Problem Of Intolerance Should Be Dealt With As A Whole: Every Time A Minority Is Persecuted And Marginalized...the Good Of The Whole Society Is In Danger.

My Choices, Including Those Related To The Day-to-day Aspects Of Life, Like The Use Of A Modest Car, Are Related To A Spiritual Discernment That Responds To A Need That Arises From Looking At Things, At People And From Reading The Signs Of The Times. Discernment In The Lord Guides Me In My Way Of Governing.

A Good Example Brings About So Much Good, But Hypocrisy Brings About So Much Evil.

The Only Way To Heal Is To Look At The Cross, To Look At God Who Takes Upon Himself Our Sins: My Sin Is There.

To Imitate The Hatred And Violence Of Tyrants And Murderers Is The Best Way To Take Their Place.

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No One Must Use The Name Of God To Commit Violence. To Kill In The Name Of God Is A Grave Sacrilege. To Discriminate In The Name Of God Is Inhuman.

Life Gradually Becomes A Surrender To Situations Conditioned By Technology.

We Cannot Be Part-time Christians! We Should Seek To Live Our Faith At Every Moment Of Every Day.

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.

It Is Not Possible To Go Backwards. We Must Go Forward. Always Forward.

Many People Who Are Forced Into Emigration Suffer And Often Die Tragically; Many Of Their Rights Are Violated, They Are Obliged To Separate From Their Families And, Unfortunately, Continue To Be Subjected To Racist Attitudes And Xenophobia.

Do Not Be Afraid To Go Forth And Announce The Risen Christ.

Challenges Exist To Be Overcome! Let Us Be Realists, But Without Losing Our Joy, Our Boldness And Our Hope-filled Commitment. Let Us Not Allow Ourselves To Be Robbed Of Missionary Vigour!

No One Listens Willingly To Someone Who Speaks To Them From A Position Of Self-righteousness And Judgment. Again And Again In The Gospels, Jesus Reserves His Harshest Words For Those Who Ignore Their Own Weakness In Order To Lord It Over Others.

Life Is A Precious Gift, But We Realize This Only When We Give It To Others.

And Now I Would Like To Give The Blessing, But First - First I Ask A Favor Of You: Before The Bishop Blesses His People, I Ask You To Pray To The Lord That He Will Bless Me: The Prayer Of The People Asking The Blessing For Their Bishop.

Who Are We, As We Stand Before The Child Jesus? Who Are We, Standing As We Stand Before Today's Children? Are We Like Mary And Joseph, Who Welcomed Jesus And Cared For Him With The Love Of A Father And A Mother? Or Are We Like Herod, Who Wanted To Eliminate Him? Are We Like The Shepherds, Who Went In Haste To Kneel Before Him In Worship And Offer Him Their Humble Gifts? Or Are We Indifferent?

Be Men And Women With Others And For Others: True Champions At The Service Of Others.

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