For Moments of Loneliness

"Listen with gratitude and wonder to the amazing revelation of Jesus: ‘The Father loves you!’ (cf. Jn. 16:27). These are the words I entrust to you. Receive the love that God first gives you (cf. 1 Jn. 4:19). Hold fast to this certainty, the only one that can give meaning, strength and joy to life: his love will never leave you, his covenant of peace will never be removed from you (cf. Is. 54:10). He has stamped your name on the palms of his hands (cf. Is 49:16)."

"This is the condition of the true Christian. He can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ, he has become our traveling companion. If time marches on inexorably, often shattering even our dreams, Christ, the Lord of time, gives us the possibility of an ever new life."

"Jesus is the faithful love that does not abandon us and knows how to turn the night into the dawn of hope."

"Do not be afraid; Christ has overcome the world. He is with all of you. May his peace always brighten the horizons of your life."

"Where are you, you ask the Lord. ‘I am here. Wherever you are, I am also there. I am the Eucharist. I am in your midst.’"