Pope Francis Quotes about Past

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Jesus is not a figure from the past: He continues now and always to light the way for us.

Jesus is not a figure from the past: He continues now and always to light the way for us.

Pope Francis

Jesus, Past, Light

They are our future, and we must have a dialogue. This dialogue between the past and the future is important. Because of this I underline so much the relationship between the youth and grandparents. They must speak with.

Pope Francis

Past, Grandparent, Important

"Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight presser from Poland". www.catholicnewsagency.com. July 31, 2016.

Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists - they have a static and inward-directed view of things. In this way, faith becomes an ideology among other ideologies.

Pope Francis

Past, Views, Long

Pope Francis (2014). “My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change”, p.99, A&C Black

If the seminary is too large, it ought to be divided into smaller communities with formators who are equipped really to accompany those in their charge. Dialogue must be serious, without fear, sincere. It is important to recall that the language of young people in formation today is different from that in the past: we are living through an epochal change. Formation is a work of art, not a police action. We must form their hearts. Otherwise we are creating little monsters. And then these little monsters mold the People of God. This really gives me goose bumps.

Pope Francis

Art, Past, Creating

You tell me: Can you live crushed under the weight of the present? Without a memory of the past and without the desire to look ahead to the future by building something, a future, a family? Can you go on like this? This, to me, is the most urgent problem that the Church is facing.

Pope Francis

Memories, Past, Church

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

If the Christian is a restorationist, a legalist, if he wants everything clear and safe, then he will find nothing. Tradition and memory of the past must help us to have the courage to open up new areas to God.

Pope Francis

Christian, Memories, Past

"A Big Heart Open to God: An interview with Pope Francis". Interview with Antonio Spadaro, S.J., www.americamagazine.org. September 30, 2013.

It is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present.

Pope Francis

Past, Judging, Criteria

Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

All of us benefit from remembering our past. A people which remembers does not repeat past errors; instead, it looks with confidence to the challenges of the present and the future.

Pope Francis

Past, Errors, People

Pope Francis (2016). “The Allure of Goodness and Love: Pope Francis in the United States Complete Texts”, p.73, Liturgical Press