Christmas Is Joy, Religious Joy, An Inner

Every Time We Give In To Selfishness And Say “no” To God, We Spoil His Loving Plan For Us.

Imagine, To Become A Priest There Are Eight Years Of Study And Preparation, And Then If After A While You Can't Do It, You Can Ask For A Dispensation, You Leave, And Everything Is Ok. On The Other Hand, To Make A Sacrament (marriage), Which Is For Your Whole Life, Three To Four Conferences...preparation For Marriage Is Very Important. It's Very, Very Important Because I Believe It Is Something That In The Church, In Common Pastoral Ministry, At Least In My Country, In South America, The Church Has Not Valued Much.

Where There Is Calumny, There Is Satan Himself.

Our Life Is Made Up Of Time, And Time Is A Gift From God, So It Is Important That It Be Used In Good And Fruitful Actions.

The Worship Of The Golden Calf Of Old (cf. Ex 32:15-34) Has Found A New And Heartless Image In The Cult Of Money And The Dictatorship Of An Economy Which Is Faceless And Lacking Any Truly Humane Goal.