Discours prononcé durant la Rencontre Mondiale des Familles du Vatican à Dublin Irlande le 23 août 2018.

God sometimes offers you an image in prayer when you most need it.

The experience of intuiting words or phrases that seem to come from God doesn’t happen often, but when it does it’s memorable.

One of the most common experiences of prayer is the revelation of desires; the longings that draw you closer to God, and help you become the person God means for you to be.

What happens when you pray? You can experience powerful emotions, surprising insights and consoling memories. You can also experience feelings, both physical and otherwise.

Where does this extreme hatred of gay priests come from? It comes from fear.

Para Jesús, es la comunidad primero, la conversión después. La bienvenida y el respeto vienen primero.

Memory is one of the most powerful of all experiences in prayer, but it’s often ignored.

For Jesus, it’s community first, conversion second. Welcome and respect come first.

Often, we have a tendency to privilege emotional moments over the more intellectual ones in our spiritual life.