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Pope Francis Quotes - Page 34

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Dear young people, listen within: Christ is knocking at the door of your heart.

Dear young people, listen within: Christ is knocking at the door of your heart.

Heart, Doors, People

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

The Sacraments are Jesus Christ’s presence in us. So it is important for us to go to Confession and receive Holy Communion.

Jesus, Important, Christ

Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

Church, Poor

"Pope Francis Wants “Poor Church And Church For The Poor”, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2013.

If Jesus is to become the center of our life, we need to spend time in His presence, before the Tabernacle.

Jesus, Needs, Spend Time

Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out?

Jesus, Doors, Often Is

There is the tendency to place ourselves and our ambitions at the center of our lives. This is very human, but it is not Christian.

Christian, Ambition, Tendencies

Please do not lose the ability to dream

Dream, Ability, Please

The emptier a person's heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own, and consume.

Heart, Needs, Persons

Pope Francis, McDonagh, Sean (2016). “On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si': The Encyclical of Pope Francis on the Environment”, p.182

I like to speak with the youth, and I like to hear the youth. They always put me in difficulty. They tell me things that I haven't thought of, or that I've partly thought of. The restless youth, the creative youth, I like them!

Creative, Youth, Speak

In-flight interview from Poland, www.catholicnewsagency.com. July 31, 2016.

From Rome, now the nuncio is on the border where [Ukrainians] are fighting, helping soldiers and the wounded. The Church of Rome has sent so much help there. It's always peace, agreements. We must respect the Minsk accords and so on. This is the entirety. But, don't get scared by that phrase. And this is a lesson that a piece of news must be interpreted with the hermeneutic of everything and not just a part.

Fighting, Agreement, Rome

Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

Do not feel discouraged by all the challenges and hardships you might face. I ask you not to forget that, like those who came here before you, you bring many gifts to this new nation of yours.

Challenges, Faces, Hardship

"Why Philadelphia Loves The Pope". "All Things Considered" with Jeff Brady, www.npr.org. September 26, 2015.

A friendship with a woman is not a sin. (It's) a friendship. A romantic relationship with a woman who is not your wife, that is a sin.

Wife, Sin, Romantic Relationship

Pope Francis' in-flight interview from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

I don't like to speak of Islamic violence, because every day, when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy... this one who has murdered his girlfriend, another who has murdered the mother-in-law... and these are baptized Catholics! There are violent Catholics!

Mother, Girlfriend, Islamic

Pope Francis' In-Flight Press Conference from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

If we live according to the law "an eye for an eye...," we will never escape from the spiral of evil.

Eye, Law, Evil

Source: www.thedailybeast.com

Terrorism grows when there are no other options, and when the center of the global economy is the god of money and not the person - men and women - this is already the first terrorism!

Men, Firsts, Terrorism

Pope Francis’ In-Flight Press Conference from Poland, www.catholicnewsagency.com. July 31, 2016.

I think that even the Mexican society is a victim of all of this, of these crimes of "cleaning" people, of discarding people.

Thinking, People, Mexican

Source: www.catholicnewsagency.com

Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.

Poor, Share, Goods

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

Let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life.

Mediocre Life, Mediocre, Satisfied

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

When we are generous in welcoming people and sharing something with them-some food, a place in our homes, our time-not only do we no longer remain poor: we are enriched.

Home, People, Welcome

Pope Francis (2017). “Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Material Existence and the Meaning of Life”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

May the Santo Niño continue to bless the Philippines and may he sustain the Christians of this great nation in their vocation to be witnesses and missionaries of the joy of the Gospel, in Asia and in the whole world.

Christian, Joy, World

God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted.

Love Is, Want, His Love

We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

Needs, Excluded

"The Pope: how the Church will change". Interview with Eugenio Scalfari, www.repubblica.it. October 1, 2013.

Jesus spoke in such a way that the people loved the things of God. That’s why they followed him.

Jesus, People, Way

Pope Francis (2016). “Morning Homilies III”, p.172, Orbis Books

The people that does not care for its children or grandparents is a people that has not future. Because it doesn't have the strength or the memory to go forward.

Children, Memories, People

Source: www.esquire.com

Peace is always possible but we have to seek it. Let us pray for peace.

Praying, Pray For Peace

"Pope Francis uses new year mass to condemn slavery and human trafficking". www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2015.

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