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Pope Francis Quotes - Page 14

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Trust in the power of Christ’s Cross! Receive his reconciling grace and share it!

Trust in the power of Christ’s Cross! Receive his reconciling grace and share it!

Grace, Christ, Share

Today, 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.

Mean, Reality, Elderly

Reject every form of corruption.

Corruption, Form, Rejects

"Pope Francis in the Philippines: Inspiring Political Transformation" by Richard Javad Heydarian, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2015.

We don't need youth museums but we do need holy young people.

Museums, People, Needs

"Pope to Filipinos: We need holy young people" by Camille Diola, www.philstar.com. January 18, 2015.

I want to see the church get closer to the people. I want to get rid of clericalism, the mundane, this closing ourselves off within ourselves, in our parishes, schools or structures. Because these need to get out!

School, People, Church

"Pope Francis’s ‘Mess’". www.nationalreview.com. August 1, 2013.

Human trafficking is a scourge, a crime against the whole of humanity. It is time to join forces and work together to free its victims and to eradicate this crime that affects all of us, from individual families to the worldwide community.

Community, Humanity, Working Together

If, in your relationship with the Lord, you do not feel that He loves you tenderly, you are missing something, you still have not understood what grace is, you have not yet received grace which is this closeness.

Love You, Missing, Grace

I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.

Prayer, May, Helping

Pope Francis @Pontifex, twitter.com. January 22, 2014.

The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you.

Jesus, Important, Firsts

Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.54, A&C Black

Are we capable of bringing the word of God into the environment in which we live? Do we know how to speak of Christ, of what he represents for us, in our families, among the people who form part of our daily lives? Faith is born from listening, and is strengthened by proclamation.

People, Listening, Environment

Let us never forget that it is the Lord who guides the Church. He is the one who makes our apostolates fruitful.

Church, Never Forget, Lord

It means caring for one another in our families: husbands and wives first protect one another, and then, as parents, they care for their children, and children themselves, in time, protect their parents.

Family, Children, Husband

Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.14, Orbis Books

Let's not be naive, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.

Children, Father, Lying

"Is There Hope for Francis on Gay Rights?" by Richard Socarides, www.newyorker.com. March 13, 2013.

Let us learn from the Virgin Mary how to be bolder in obeying the word of God.

Mary, Word Of God, Virgins

Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary enthusiasm!

Missionary, Enthusiasm

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.27, BookBaby

Idolatry, then, is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another. Idolatry does not offer a journey but rather a plethora of paths leading nowhere and forming a vast labyrinth.

Journey, Labyrinth, Path

While new rights are attributed to or indeed almost presumed by the individual, life is not always protected as the primary value and the primordial right of every human being. The ultimate aim of medicine remains the defence and promotion of life.

Rights, Medicine, Pro Life

War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love.

Suicide, War, Heart

"Pope Francis: war is the suicide of humanity". www.news.va. June 2, 2013.

The Lord always grants more than what he has been asked: you ask him to remember you, and he brings you into his Kingdom!

Remember You, Remembers You, Kingdoms

To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents.

Children, Mean, Servant Of God

Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.60, SPCK

When we don't preach the LORD, we preach the Devil, and when we preach worldliness, we preach the Devil

Devil, Lord, Worldliness

It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down.

Important, Essentials, Lord

This is the mission of every Christian: lumina pandit - to spread the light and to tell the world of God's love.

Christian, Light, World

Indifference to our neighbour and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience.

Christian, Real, Years

"Make your hearts firm". Pope Francis' message for Lent 2015 from the Vatican, w2.vatican.va. October 4, 2014.

Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: It is enriched, not impoverished.

Energy, Acquire

"Pope Francis: not having children is selfish" by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2015.

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