Marc Ouellet

“The new openings for a pastoral approach based on mercy must take place within the continuity of the Church’s doctrinal tradition, which is itself an expression of divine mercy.”

“The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is his Confirmation by the Holy Spirit.”

“The love of Christian spouses already participates in the ‘nuptial mystery’ that fulfills the promise of conjugal love in the eschatological love that Christ bears the Church.”

“The Church ‘is’ the immaculate and indissoluble unity of the love of the Trinity poured out upon and received by the Handmaid of the Lord.”

“The struggle for social justice . . . is founded on Christ rather than on a false and more or less collectivistic anthropology.”

"Christian faith is a divine virtue, come down from heaven in Jesus Christ, inculturated by the Spirit in Mary and the Church, and made fruitful for God’s ongoing birth into the world."

"The future of the mission of the Church and Christian communities will come about through a development of a missionary consciousness that involves all of those who are baptized."

"The proclamation of hope lies at the heart of the gospel of life."

"Indeed, preaching the gospel is no reason for me to boast; it is an obligation that has been imposed upon me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel." (1 Cor 9:16)

"From this time on the event forces one to make a choice, and to take pains in appropriating the event to oneself."

"Ultimately, Balthasar judges that the drama of divine and human freedom is not sufficiently guaranteed by the anticipation of grace in transcendental subjectivity."