Jesus Quotes - Page 160

I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him encounter them.

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

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

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

Joy cannot be held at heel: it must be let go. Joy is a pilgrim virtue. It is a gift that walks, walks on the path of life, that walks with Jesus: preaching, proclaiming Jesus, proclaiming joy, lengthens and widens that path.

Jesus kept his wounds so that we would experience his mercy. This is our strength and our hope.

When we do not profess Jesus Christ, we profess the worldliness of the devil, a demonic worldliness.

Each encounter with Jesus fills us with joy, with that deep joy which only God can give.

Every child that isn't born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.

Do not be afraid of Confession! One who is in line to confess himself feels all these things - even shame - but then, when he finishes confessing, he leaves free, great, beautiful, forgiven, [...] happy. And this is the beauty of Confession... Jesus is there...and He receives you with so much love.

Christians must respond to evil with good, taking the cross upon themselves as Jesus did

Jesus is the sun and Mary is the dawn announcing his rising.

The mercy of Jesus is not just sentiment: indeed it is a force that gives life, that raises man up!

Poverty calls us to sow hope.... Poverty is the flesh of the poor Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the one who is sick, in those unjust social structures.

To be an ambassador for Christ means to invite everyone to a personal encounter with Jesus

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

Everyone say to himself: 'When was the last time I went to confession?' And if it has been a long time, don't lose another day! Go, the priest will be good. And Jesus, (will be) there, and Jesus is better than the priests - Jesus receives you. He will receive you with so much love! Be courageous, and go to confession.

Dear young people, Jesus gives us life, life in abundance. If we are close to him we will have joy in our hearts and a smile on our face.

Christ’s love and friendship are no illusion. On the Cross Jesus showed how real they are.

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

Christ leads us to go out from ourselves more and more, to give ourselves and to serve others.

Perhaps the most powerful thing Christians can do to communicate to a skeptical world is to live fulfilled lives, exhibiting proof that Jesus' way truly leads to a life most abundant and most thirst-satisfying.

Jesus announced a great reversal of values in His Sermon on the Mount, elevating not the rich or attractive, but rather the poor, the persecuted, and those who mourn.

Everywhere my sons and I go, we're telling people the good news about Jesus, blowing duck calls, and making people, happy, happy- then down the road we go.

For the sake of the Gospel, it was worth it… All you have to do is look at any society where there is no Jesus. I’ll give you four: Nazis, no Jesus. Look at their record. Uh, Shintos? They started this thing in Pearl Harbor. Any Jesus among them? None. Communists? None. Islamists? Zero. That’s eighty years of ideologies that have popped up where no Jesus was allowed among those four groups. Just look at the records as far as murder goes among those four groups.