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Let Us Never Give In To Pessimism, To That Bitterness That The Devil Offers Us Every Day. Do Not Give In To Pessimism And Discouragement. We Have The Firm Certainty That The Holy Spirit Gives The Church With His Mighty Breath, The Courage To Persevere And Also To Seek New Methods Of Evangelization, To Bring The Gospel To The Ends Of The Earth.

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Let Us Never Give

Pope Francis

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Let Us Never Give In To Pessimism, To That Bitterness That The Devil Offers Us Every Day. Do Not Give In To Pessimism And Discouragement. We Have The Firm Certainty That The Holy Spirit Gives The Church With His Mighty Breath, The Courage To Persevere And Also To Seek New Methods Of Evangelization, To Bring The Gospel To The Ends Of The Earth.

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An Evangelizer Must Never Look Like Someone Who Has Just Come Back From A Funeral.

The Saints Were Not Superhuman. They Were People Who Loved God In Their Hearts, And Who Shared This Joy With Others.

We, The Women And Men Of The Church, We Are In The Middle Of A Love Story: Each Of Us Is A Link In This Chain Of Love. And If We Do Not Understand This, We Have Understood Nothing Of What The Church Is.

How I Wish That All Men And Women Of Good Will Would Look To The Cross If Only For A Moment! There, We Can See God’s Reply: Violence Is Not Answered With Violence, Death Is Not Answered With The Language Of Death. In The Silence Of The Cross, The Uproar Of Weapons Ceases And The Language Of Reconciliation, Forgiveness, Dialogue, And Peace Is Spoken.

Dear Friends, Sometimes We May Be Tempted To Allow Ourselves Be Overtaken By Laziness Or Despondency, Especially When Faced With The Hardships And Trials Of Life. In These Cases, Do Not Lose Heart, But Invoke The Holy Spirit, So That With The Gift Of Fortitude He Can Lift Our Hearts And Communicate New Vigor And Enthusiasm To Our Lives And Our Following Jesus.

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.

It Is Better To Have A Church That Is Wounded But Out In The Streets Than A Church That Is Sick Because It Is Closed In On Itself.

This Concern For The Poor Is In The Gospel, It Is Within The Tradition Of The Church, It Is Not An Invention Of Communism And It Must Not Be Turned Into An Ideology, As Has Sometimes Happened Before In The Course Of History.

I Recognize That Globalization Has Helped Many People Rise Out Of Poverty, But It Has Also Damned Many Others To Starve To Death. It Is True That Global Wealth Is Growing In Absolute Terms, But Inequalities Have Also Grown And New Poverty Arisen.

In Some Countries, If You Carry The Gospel, You Can Go To Jail. You Can't Carry A Cross, Because You'll Have To Pay A Fine. But Still, The Heart Rejoices.

We Cannot Trust In Our Own Strength, But Only In Jesus And In His Mercy.

Every Economic...acti On Must Set About Providing Each Inhabitant Of The Planet With The Minimum Wherewithal To Live In Dignity And Freedom, With The Possibility Of Supporting A Family, Educating Children, Praising God And Developing One's Own Human Potential.

Lent Is A Favorable Time For Letting Christ Serve Us So That We In Turn May Become More Like Him.

The Church's Challenge Is Staying Close To The People, Close To The People Of The United States, Not Being A Detached Church From The People But Close To Them, Close, Close, And This Is Something That The Church In The United States Has Understood And Understood Well.

For Every Christian, The Proclamation And Witnessing Of The Gospel Are Never An Isolated Act. This Is Important. For Every Christian The Proclamation And Witnessing Of The Gospel Are Never An Isolated Or Group Act, And No Evangelizers Acts, As Paul Vi Reminded Very Well, "on The Strength Of A Personal Inspiration, But In Union With The Mission Of The Church And In Her Name"

Faith Is Not A Light Which Scatters All Our Darkness, But A Lamp Which Guides Our Steps In The Night And Suffices For The Journey.

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

...we Must Also Acknowledge That The Majority Of The Men And Women Of Our Time Continue To Live Daily In Situations Of Insecurity, With Dire Consequences. Certain Pathologies Are Increasing, With Their Psychological Consequences; Fear And Desperation Grip The Hearts Of Many People, Even In The So-called Rich Countries; The Joy Of Life Is Diminishing; Indecency And Violence Are On The Rise; Poverty Is Becoming More And More Evident. People Have To Struggle To Live And, Frequently, To Live In An Undignified Way.

We Are A Church Of Sinners But We Must Not Be Afraid Of Holiness. Do Not Be Afraid To Aim For Holiness And Turn Yourselves Over To The Love Of God. Holiness Does Not Mean Performing Extraordinary Things But Carrying Out Daily Things In An Extraordinary Way That Is With Love, Joy And Faith.

In This Year Of Faith, Let Us Remember That Faith Is Not Something We Possess, But Something We Share. Every Christian Is An Apostle.

Dear Young Friends, Learn To Pray Every Day: This Is The Way To Know Jesus And Invite Him Into Your Lives.

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