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Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.

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The problem is not in being sinners, the problem is when we don't let ourselves be transformed in love by the encounter with Christ.

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The light of love proper to faith can illumine the question of our own time-concerning truth. Truth, nowadays, is often reduced to the subjective auth...more

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We cannot become starched Christians, those overeducated Christians who speak of theological matters as they calmly sip their tea. No! We must become ...more

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For the Church, the option for the poor is primarily a theological category rather than a cultural, sociological, political, or philosophical one. God...more

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Mary was able to turn a stable into a home for Jesus, with poor swaddling clothes and an abundance of love. She is the handmaid of the Father who sing...more

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Will we let ourselves become a Church that calls and welcomes sinners with open arms, that gives courage and hope, or are we a Church closed in on her...more

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There is a Marian "style" to the Church's work of evangelization. Whenever we look to Mary, we come to believe once again in the revolutionary nature ...more

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As religious leaders, we are called to be true "people of dialogue," to cooperate in building peace not as intermediaries but as authentic mediators. ...more

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We need to let ourselves be evangelized by the poor. They have much to teach us.

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God forgives not with a decree but with a caress. Jesus too goes beyond the law and forgives by caressing the wounds of our sins.

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Mercy will always be greater than any sin, no one can put a limit on the love of the all-forgiving God. Just by looking at him, just raising our eyes ...more

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We need to remember and remind ourselves where we come from, what we are, our nothingness.