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Pope Francis Quotes - Page 21

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Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with you in the faith of the one who has conquered evil!

Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with you in the faith of the one who has conquered evil!

Brother, Evil, Suffering

Every time we judge our brother in our hearts or worse when we speak badly of them with others, we are murdering Christians.

Christian, Brother, Heart

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

Men, Selfishness, World

Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience...to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness.

Mother, Grateful, Years

I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.

Mother, Country, Perseverance

"Pope laments 'gangrene' of corruption plaguing 'all peoples of the world'". www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2015.

To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.

Tyrants, Congress And The President, Hatred

Address to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress, delivered 24 September 2015, Washington, D.C.

Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.

Men, Joy, Men And Women

Lent is a time of grace, a time to convert and live out our baptism fully.

Grace, Baptism

Pope Francis @Pontifex, twitter.com. March 27, 2014.

Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it.

Evil, Bleeding, Armenians

"Turkey must end its 100 years of genocide denial" by Peter Balakian, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2015.

Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death.

Brother, Pain, War

Pope Francis (2017). “Embracing the Way of Jesus: Reflections from Pope Francis on Living Our Faith”, p.24, Loyola Press

There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders.

Attitude, Leader, Political

Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.36, Orbis Books

Dear young friends, learn to pray every day: this is the way to know Jesus and invite him into your lives.

Jesus, Young Friends, Way

Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.

Running, Happy Life, Water

"Pope Francis’s ten secrets to happiness". www.washingtonpost.com. August 1, 2014.

In the moment of hardship, we ask why some things happen. In those moments of suffering, questioning prayers that do not ask for explanations but beg the Lord to accompany us are the most useful

Prayer, Accompany Us, Suffering

Ask Jesus what he wants from you and be brave!

Jesus, Brave, Want

"Ask Jesus what he wants and be brave, Pope tells youth" by David Uebbing, www.catholicnewsagency.com.

Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.

Tables, Hungry, Stealing

"Pope Francis On World Environment Day Speaks Of Food Waste, Lack Of Attention To Needs Of Poor". www.huffingtonpost.com. June 5, 2013.

Jesus is more than a friend. He is a teacher of truth and life who shows us the way that leads to happiness.

Teacher, Jesus, Way

We must not be afraid of solidarity; rather let us make all we have and are available to God.

Solidarity, Available

It is the attitude of some leaders of God's people; they continually scold others, hurl reproaches at them, tell them to be quiet. ... 'Madam, take your crying child out of the church as I am preaching.' As if the cries of a child were not a sublime homily.

Children, Attitude, People

Francis, Pope (2017). “With the Smell of the Sheep: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests, Bishops, and Other Shephards”, p.79, Orbis Books

Your sins are great? Just tell the Lord: Forgive me, help me to get up again, change my heart!

Heart, Forgive Me, Forgiving

Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.32, SPCK

To be wise use three languages: think well, feel well and do well. And to be wise allow yourselves to be surprised by the love of God. That will guarantee a good life.

Wise, Good Life, Thinking

The proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives. Today sometimes it seems that the opposite order is prevailing.

Religious, Order, Opposites

Pope Francis (2015). “Encountering Truth: Meeting God in the Everyday”, p.18, Image

True 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.

Jesus, Commitment, Grace

Let us seek to live in a way that is always worthy of our Christian vocation

Christian, Way, Worthy

The Holy Spirit truly transforms us. With our cooperation, he also wants to transform the world we live in.

World, Want, Spirit

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