God is not someone who remains only outside of the world, content to be in himself all-knowing and omnipotent. His wisdom and omnipotence are place, by free choice, at the service of creation.
Crossing the threshold of hope
Reflection – Today’s Thought
Reflection
St. Clare and countless other Christian saints and martyrs were marked by the mystery of the Cross. Their secret was precisely this sign of the triumph of love over hatred, of forgiveness over retaliation, of good over evil. We are called to go forward in their footsteps.
Church and family remain the custodians of great human and Christian values: freedom of conscience, the dignity of the person, the heritage of freedom, the cultural tradition, and the store of moral energy which they contain and in which reposes the hope of the future.
Apostolic Letter; On the sixth Centenary of the “Baptism” of Lithuania
To follow Jesus involves living as he lived, accepting his message, adopting his way of thinking, embracing his destiny, and sharing his project, which is the plan of the Father: It involves inviting everyone to communion with the Trinity and to communion among ourselves in a just and fraternal society.
Apostolic Exhortation: On the Church of [...]
Reflection
“And here the first word that I wish to say to you: joy! Do not be men and women of sadness: a Christian can never be sad! Never give way to discouragement! Ours is not a joy born of having many possessions, but of having encountered a Person: Jesus, in our midst.”
― Pope Francis, The Church of [...]