Everyone, without exception, wants happiness, blessedness. However they all have different ideas about it: one thinks it lies in the delight of the senses and an easy life; another, in virtue; another, in knowledge of the truth. Hence he who teaches us all… begins by correcting those who stray, guiding those who are on the […] More
Father, we praise you with all your creatures.They came forth from your all-powerful hand;they are yours, filled with your presence and your tender love.Praise be to you! Son of God, Jesus,through you all things were made.You were formed in the womb of Mary our Mother,you became part of this earth,and you gazed upon this world […] More
Onitsha (Nigeria),With the Apostle Paul I say to you: “You are God’s chosen race, his saints; he loves you, and you should be clothed in sincere compassion, in kindness and humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another; forgive each other”.With these words I greet you, husbands and wives, fathers, mothers and children. I greet […] More
Onitsha (Nigeria), Dear young men and women of Nigeria,This afternoon the Pope belongs to you!I am truly overjoyed to see you here in your teeming thousands from all parts of your vast country.You have displayed for me your youthful agility, your fascinating acrobatics, your joy and your optimism. I am very grateful to you; I […] More
Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you!Lo, you were within,but I outside, seeking there for you,and upon the shapely things you have madeI rushed headlong – I, misshapen.You were with me, but I was not with you.They held me back far from you,those things which would […] More
And so, we will stand up every time that human life is threatened. When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, we will stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life.When a child is described as a burden or is looked upon only as a means to […] More