Let Us Not Forget This Word: God

How Powerful Prayer Is! May We Never Lose The Courage To Say: Lord, Give Us Your Peace.

When I Confess A Couple Who Have Kids, A Married Couple, I Ask, 'how Many Children Do You Have?' Some Get Worried And Think The Priest Will Ask Why I Don't Have More. I Would Make A Second Question, 'do You Play With Your Children?' The Majority Say, 'but Father, I Have No Time. I Work All Day.'

In This Work (peace Building), The Role Of Religion Is Fundamental. It Is Not Possible To Build Bridges Between People While Forgetting God, ... But The Converse Is Also True: It Is Not Possible To Establish True Links With God While Ignoring Other People. Hence It Is Important To Intensify Dialogue Among The Various Religions, And I Am Thinking Particularly Of Dialogue With Islam.

How Does St. Joseph Exercise His Role As Protector? Discreetly, Humbly And Silently, But With An Unfailing Presence And Utter Fidelity, Even When He Finds It Hard To Understand.

Jesus Christ Conferred Power Upon Peter, But What Sort Of Power Was It? Jesus’ Three Questions To Peter About Love Are Followed By Three Commands: Feed My Lambs, Feed My Sheep. Let Us Never Forget That Authentic Power Is Service, And That The Pope Too, When Exercising Power, Must Enter Ever More Fully Into That Service Which Has Its Radiant Culmination On The Cross.