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Instead Of Being Just A Church That Welcomes And Receives By Keeping The Doors Open, Let Us Try Also To Be A Church That Finds New Roads, That Is Able To Step Outside Itself And Go To Those Who Do Not Attend Mass, To Those Who Have Quit Or Are Indifferent.

-Pope Francis

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Instead Of Being Just

Pope Francis

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Instead Of Being Just A Church That Welcomes And Receives By Keeping The Doors Open, Let Us Try Also To Be A Church That Finds New Roads, That Is Able To Step Outside Itself And Go To Those Who Do Not Attend Mass, To Those Who Have Quit Or Are Indifferent.

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Capacity To Love

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Hunger And Thirst

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The Emptier A Person's Heart Is, The More He Or She Needs To Buy, Own, And Consume.

The Confessional Is Not A Torture Chamber, But The Place In Which The Lord's Mercy Motivates Us To Do Better.

Let The Risen Jesus Enter Your Life, Welcome Him As A Friend, With Trust: He Is Life! If Up Till Now You Have Kept Him At A Distance, Step Forward. He Will Receive You With Open Arms. If You Have Been Indifferent, Take A Risk: You Won’t Be Disappointed. If Following Him Seems Difficult, Don’t Be Afraid, Trust Him, Be Confident That He Is Close To You, He Is With You And He Will Give You The Peace You Are Looking For And The Strength To Live As He Would Have You Do.

These Two Criteria Are Like The Pillars Of True Love: Deeds, And The Gift Of Self.

Today, We Need A Church Capable Of Walking At People's Side, Of Doing More Than Simply Listening To Them.... At Times We Lose People Because They Don't Understand What We Are Saying, Because We Have Forgotten The Language Of Simplicity And Import An Intellectualism Foreign To Our People.... We Cannot Keep Ourselves Shut Up In Parishes, In Our Communities, When So Many People Are Waiting For The Gospel.

Let Us Never Yield To Pessimism, To That Bitterness That The Devil Offers Us Every Day.

Do Not Be Afraid Of What God Asks Of You! It Is Worth Saying 'yes' To God. In Him We Find Joy.

Religious Freedom Certainly Means The Right To Worship God, Individually And In Community, As Our Consciences Dictate. But Religious Liberty, By Its Nature, Transcends Places Of Worship And The Private Sphere Of Individuals And Families.

I Had The Habit Of Not Accepting Prizes Or Honors, But Always, Not Out Of Humility, But Because I Don't Like Them. Maybe It's A Little Crazy, But It's Good To Have It, But I Just Don't Like Them.

Abortion Is Not The Lesser Of Two Evils. It Is A Crime. It Is To Throw Someone Out In Order To Save Another. That's What The Mafia Does.

There Are Saints In The Roman Curia, Among The Cardinals, Priests, Religious, Sisters And Laity. They Work Hard, And Also Do Things That Are Often Hidden. I Know Some Who Concern Themselves With Feeding The Poor Or Who Give Up Their Free Time To Work In A Parish. As Always, The Ones Who Aren't Saints Make The Most Noise ... A Single Tree Falling Makes A Sound, But A Whole Forest Growing Doesn't.

One Form Of Prayer Moves Us Particularly To Take Up The Task Of Evangelization And To Seek The Good Of Others: It Is The Prayer Of Intercession. Let Us Peer For A Moment Into The Heart Of Saint Paul, To See What His Prayer Was Like. It Was Full Of People: "...i Constantly Pray With You In Every One Of My Prayers For All Of You... Because I Hold You In My Heart" (phil 1:4, 7). Here We See That Intercessory Prayer Does Not Divert Us From True Contemplation, Since Authentic Contemplation Always Has A Place For Others.

Christians Must Respond To Evil With Good, Taking The Cross Upon Themselves As Jesus Did

Our Lady Is Always Close To Us, Especially When We Feel The Weight Of Life With All Its Problems

A Christian Who Does Not Protect Creation, Who Does Not Let It Grow, Is A Christian Who Does Not Care About The Work Of God, That Work That Was Born From The Love Of God For Us. And This Is The First Response To The First Creation: Protect Creation, Make It Grow.

Let Us Not Have A Computer Psychology That Makes Us Think We Know It All. All Answers On Computers - But No Surprises. The Challenge Of Love. God Reveals Himself Through Surprises.

Whenever People Listen To One Another Humbly And Openly, Their Shared Values And Aspirations Become All The More Apparent. Diversity Is No Longer Seen As A Threat, But As A Source Of Enrichment.

The Great Challenge Facing Us Today Is To Learn Once Again How To Talk To One Another, Not Simply How To Generate And Consume Information.

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.

Mary Is More Important Than The Apostles.

I Believe In The Kindness Of Others, And That I Must Love Them Without Fear.

May Christ The Savior Give Peace To Nigeria, Where More Blood Is Being Shed And Too Many People Are Unjustly Deprived Of Their Possessions, Held As Hostages Or Killed.

Let Us Leave A Spare Place At Our Table: A Place For Those Who Lack The Basics, Who Are Alone.

Vanity, Showing Off, Is An Attitude That Reduces Spirituality To A Worldly Thing, Which Is The Worst Sin That Could Be Committed In The Church.

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