Let Us Encourage The Generosity Which Is

It Is Not Enough To Say We Are Christians. We Must Live The Faith, Not Only With Our Words, But With Our Actions.

Holy Week Challenges Us To Step Outside Ourselves So As To Attend To The Needs Of Others: Those Who Long For A Sympathetic Ear, Those In Need Of Comfort Or Help. We Should Not Simply Remain In Our Own Secure World, That Of The Ninety-nine Sheep Who Never Strayed From The Fold, But We Should Go Out, With Christ, In Search Of The One Lost Sheep, However Far It May Have Wandered.

When I Had To Say Something That I Didn't Like To Turkey, But Of Which I Was Sure, I Said It, With The Consequences That You All Know [editor's Note: A Reference To His Comments On The Armenian Genocide]. I Said These Words ... I Was Sure

An Evangelizing Community Gets Involved In Word And Deed In People’s Daily Lives; It Bridges Distances, It Is Willing To Abase Itself If Necessary, And It Embraces Human Life, Touching The Suffering Flesh Of Christ In Others

Reject Every Form Of Corruption.