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Pope Francis Quotes - Page 8

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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. I am well aware that when someone needing food

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. I am well aware that when someone needing food knocks at your door, you always find a way of sharing food; as the proverb says, one can always 'add more water to the beans'! Is it possible to add more water to the beans?...Always?...And you do so with love, demonstrating that true riches consist not in materials things, but in the heart!

Home, Heart, Doors

Pope Francis (2017). “The Works of Mercy”, p.53, Orbis Books

Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.

Jesus, People, Joy

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

Our efforts must aim at restoring hope, righting wrongs, maintaining commitments, and thus promoting the well-being of individuals and of peoples.

Commitment, Effort, Maintaining

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

Humanity needs to see these gestures of peace and to hear words of hope and peace!

Humanity, Needs, Gestures

Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.

Rights, Economic Inequality, Terrorism

"Pope Francis: the humble pontiff with practical approach to poverty" by Mark Rice-Oxley, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2013.

Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself. So protect your families! See in them your country’s greatest treasure and nourish them always by prayer and the grace of the sacraments.

Country, Prayer, Greatest Treasure

Pope Francis' Speech during the Meeting with Families at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, w2.vatican.va. January 16, 2015.

To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.

Jesus, Heart, Mean

In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly

Elderly, Dignity, Our Family

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

A Christian is one who is invited... to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of being redeemed, to the joy of sharing life with Christ. This is a joy! You are called to a party!

Christian, Party, Joy

We cannot wait any longer to deal with the structural causes of poverty, in order to heal our society from an illness that can only lead to new crises.

Order, Justice, Waiting

Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself.

Threat

Pope Francis' Speech during the Meeting with Families at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, w2.vatican.va. January 16, 2015.

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend himself.

Inspiring, Wise, Killing Someone

"On Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on Faith, Family, and the Church in the Twenty-First Century". Book by Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis) and Abraham Skorka, May 7, 2013.

Abortion is not the lesser of two evils. It is a crime. It is to throw someone out in order to save another.

Order, Two, Evil

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

The Lord is always there waiting to give us his love: it is an amazing thing, one which never ceases to surprise us!

Giving, Waiting, His Love

The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus.

Jesus, Heart, Joy

Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.5, BookBaby

Where there is calumny, there is Satan himself.

Satan, Calumny

"Our appetite for fake news does real harm to U.S. democracy". www.americamagazine.org. November 21, 2016.

Defend the unborn against abortion even if they persecute you, calumniate you, set traps for you, take you to court or kill you.

Pro Life, Abortion, Court

We all need to improve, to change for the better. Lent helps us fight against our faults.

Fighting, Needs, Faults

twitter.com. March 28, 2014.

Do we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, so as to be an active part of our communities, or do we close in on ourselves, saying 'I have so many things to do, that's not my job'?

Jobs, Community, Spirit

What God cares about most is that we are His friends.

Care

This is God's way, the way of humility. It is the way of Jesus; there is no other. And there can be no humility without humiliation.

Jesus, Humility, Way

The Christian truth is attractive and persuasive because it responds to humanity's deepest needs.

Faith, Christian, Inspiration

Humility saves man: pride makes him lose his way.

Humility, Pride, Men

When a society lacks God, even prosperity is joined by a terrible spiritual poverty.

Spiritual, Poverty, Prosperity

From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us.

Love, God, Christian

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