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"This is our mission - to be a new man and a child of God. Simeon and the Virgin Mary have in their hands the baby Jesus - they represent the Church that is bringing Jesus to the nations, to this world that is hungry for God, hungry for the Light and for the Truth. And the devil never stops proclaiming his lies and he lies always to these people. Jesus is the Truth and we know how difficult it is sometimes to accept the truth about ourselves. It is difficult to see who we are and what we are, and to say in humility: “I am a sinner.”Read More
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"God created human beings for great desires. If we are not seeing the necessity to be loved by God then we are not changed. In my pastoral letter at the beginning of the Church Year, I invited everyone to frequent confession. We need to have this experience of forgiveness. Many times you are not able to forgive, to forgive your husband, your wife, your children, your boss at work, your teacher, your priest, your bishop. If we lack the experience of forgiveness and being forgiven, we will always be unhappy human beings.”Read More
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"We live in a world and society where our friends might be asking us: 'Are you really going to Church on Sundays?' They are trying to 'silence' us. And because we care about the opinions of others we think that our status is diminished when we appear as one in need of help from another. So instead we choose a comfortable life. The position of the beggar, by the road, very close to traffic, is very good and comfortable. Even when we are not in need of material possessions, we are like this beggar because we are in this good, comfortable place where we choose to protect our well-being."Read More
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"This kingdom, which is being proclaimed today as at hand, is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. When Jesus Christ is speaking about the heavenly kingdom being at hand, He is speaking about Himself coming to this world: See, I am here. Your Messiah, your salvation is already here. You don’t need to wait for another because all the prophecies are fulfilled today.”Read More
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"The people who were coming to ask for forgiveness were aware of making mistakes in their lives. They knew that forgiveness could not come from themselves - humanity is in need of somebody of higher authority. They came to believe - and we also hold this to be true - that it is only God who can forgive sins."Read More
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