If one has the answers to all the questions - that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.
Pope FrancisIn the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children.
Pope FrancisTo use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.
Pope FrancisGod never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.
Pope FrancisCommunications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.
Pope FrancisMay the deepest spiritual values of the Filipino people continue to find expression in your efforts to provide your fellow citizens with an integral human development. In this way, each person will be able to fulfill his or her potential, and thus contribute wisely and well to the future of this country.
Pope FrancisThis happens today: if the investments in the banks fall slightly... a tragedy... what can be done? But if people die of hunger, if they have nothing eat, if they have poor health, it does not matter! This is our crisis today!
Pope FrancisI don’t know if it is all (man’s fault) but the majority is, for the most part, it is man who continuously slaps down nature.
Pope FrancisOur Christian identity is belonging to a people: the Church. Without the Church we are not Christians.
Pope FrancisThe family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life. These realities are increasingly under attack from powerful forces, which threaten to disfigure God’s plan for creation.
Pope FrancisProclaim the beauty and truth of the Christian message to a society which is tangent by confusing presentations of sexuality, marriage and the family.
Pope FrancisEveryone is called, everyone is sent out… The call of God can reach us on the assembly line and in the office, in the supermarket and in the stairwell, i.e., in the places of everyday life.
Pope FrancisIn the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
Pope FrancisWe can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. BUt the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyses: 'I am talking with you in order to persuade you.' No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attracting, not proselytizing.
Pope FrancisThe Lord speaks to us through the Scriptures and in our prayer. Let us learn to keep silence before him, as we meditate upon the Gospel.
Pope FrancisDo not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness.
Pope FrancisWe learn many virtues in our Christian families. Above all, we learn to love, asking nothing in return.
Pope FrancisBeware of getting too comfortable! When we are comfortable, it’s easy to forget other people.
Pope FrancisDon’t be afraid to ask God for forgiveness. He never tires of forgiving us. God is pure mercy.
Pope FrancisChristmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.
Pope FrancisDo not forget, read a passage from the Gospel every day. It is the power that changes us, that transforms us, it changes life and it changes the heart.
Pope FrancisThe Son of God became incarnate in the souls of men to instill the feeling of brotherhood. All are brothers and all children of God.
Pope FrancisTrue peace is not a balance of opposing forces, and it is not ‘a lovely façade’ simply covering conflicts and divisions. Rather, peace calls for daily commitment -- it's homemade -- starting from God's gift, from the grace which he has given us in Jesus Christ.
Pope FrancisAsk yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out? And we do not let him out because of our own need for security, because so often we are locked into ephemeral structures that serve solely to make us slaves and not free children of God.
Pope FrancisNow, at the end of my visit to the Philippines, I commend you to Him, to Jesus who came among us as a child. May He enable all the beloved people of this country to work together, protecting one another, beginning with your families and communities, in building a world of justice, integrity and peace.
Pope FrancisMary’s life shows that God accomplishes great deeds through those who are the most humble.
Pope FrancisTruth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.
Pope FrancisAmerican Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination. With countless other people of good will, they are likewise concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty.
Pope FrancisWithout prolonged moments of adoration, of prayerful encounter with the word, of sincere conversation with the Lord, our work easily becomes meaningless; we lose energy as a result of weariness and difficulties, and our fervor dies out. The Church urgently needs the deep breath of prayer, and to my great joy groups devoted to prayer and intercession, the prayerful reading of God's word and the perpetual adoration of the Eucharist are growing at every level of ecclesial life.
Pope FrancisIt's not a problem that we're sinners; it's a problem that we aren't ashamed of our sin and don't seek forgiveness.
Pope FrancisThe person who gossips is a terrorist who drops a bomb, destroys, and they destroy others.
Pope FrancisNo one is saved alone, as an isolated individual, but God attracts us looking at the complex web of relationships that take place in the human community. God enters into this dynamic, this participation in the web of human relationships.
Pope FrancisPraise is the 'breath' which gives us life, because it is intimacy with God, an intimacy that grows through daily praise.
Pope FrancisToday, elderly people are discarded when, in reality, they are the seat of wisdom of the society...the right to life means allowing people to live and not killing, allowing them to grow, to eat, to be educated, to be healed, and to be permitted to die with dignity.
Pope Francis"God is love". His is not a sentimental, emotional kind of love but the love of the Father who is the origin of all life, the love of the Son who dies on the Cross and is raised, the love of the Spirit who renews human beings and the world. Thinking that God is love does us so much good, because it teaches us to love, to give ourselves to others as Jesus gave himself to us and walks with us. Jesus walks beside us on the road through life.
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