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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.

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They Are Our Future,

Pope Francis

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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.

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Do Not Be Afraid To Cast Yourselves Into The Arms Of God; Whatever He Asks Of You, He Will Repay A Hundredfold.

To All Of You, I Repeat: Do Not Let Yourselves Be Robbed Of Hope! Do Not Let Yourselves Be Robbed Of Hope! And Not Only That, But I Say To Us All: Let Us Not Rob Others Of Hope, Let Us Become Bearers Of Hope!

Let Us Go Back To The Lord. The Lord Never Tires Of Forgiving: Never! It Is We Who Tire Of Asking His Forgiveness. Let Us Ask For The Grace Not To Tire Of Asking Forgiveness, Because He Never Tires Of Forgiving.

I Believe In The Old Warrior's Credo That "to The Victor Go The Spoils."

Above All, You Ask If The God Of Christians Forgives Those Who Do Not Believe And Who Do Not Seek Faith. Given The Premise, And This Is Fundamental, That The Mercy Of God Is Limitless For Those Who Turn To Him With A Sincere And Contrite Heart, The Issue For The Unbeliever Lies In Obeying His Or Her Conscience.

To Be Saints Is Not A Privilege For A Few, But A Vocation For Everyone.

Wars Are Always Madness: All Is Lost In War, All Is To Be Gained In Peace.

Today Let Us All Ask Ourselves Whether We Are Afraid Of What God Might Ask, Or Of What He Does Ask.... Do I Truly Let God Into My Life? How Do I Answer Him?

We Must Not Believe The Evil One When He Tells Us That There Is Nothing We Can Do In The Face Of Violence, Injustice And Sin.

The Pace Of Consumption, Waste And Environmental Change Has So Stretched The Planet's Capacity That Our Contemporary Lifestyle, Unsustainable As It Is, Can Only Precipitate Catastrophes, Such As Those Which Even Now Periodically Occur In Different Areas Of The World ... We Need To Reflect On Our Accountability Before Those Who Will Have To Endure The Dire Consequences.

Whenever We Take A Step Towards Jesus, We Come To Realize That He Is Already There, Waiting For Us With Open Arms.

Our Mission As Christians Is To Conform Ourselves Evermore To Jesus As The Model Of Our Lives.

A Christian Who Does Not Pray For Those Who Govern Is Not A Good Christian.

We Live In An Age Rather Skeptical Of Truth, Of Its Existence." There Is A "tendency To Believe That Nothing Is Definitive, And Think That The Truth Is Given By Consent Or By What We Want. The Question Arises: Does "the" Truth Really Exist? What Is "the" Truth? Can We Know It? Can We Find It?

God Chooses The Pope And God Also Made Men And Women Different.

Being A Disciple Means Being Constantly Ready To Bring The Love Of Jesus To Others, And This Can Happen Unexpectedly And In Any Place: On The Street, In A City Square, During Work, On A Journey.

Proclaim The Beauty And Truth Of The Christian Message To A Society Which Is Tangent By Confusing Presentations Of Sexuality, Marriage And The Family.

For This The Gospel Offers Us A Serene Way Forward: Using The Three Languages Of The Mind, Heart And Hands - And To Use Them In Harmony. What You Think, You Must Feel And Put Into Effect. Your Information Comes Down To Your Heart And You Put It Into Practice. Harmoniously. What You Think, You Feel, And You Do. Feel What You Think And Feel What You Do. Do What You Think And What You Feel. The Three Languagesto Think. To Feel. To Do. And All In Harmony.

Another Very Interesting Chapter Is The Education Of Children: The Victims Of Problems Of The Family Are The Children. The Children. Even Of Problems That Neither Husband Nor Wife Have A Say In. For Example, The Needs Of A Job. When The Dad Doesn't Have Free Time To Speak To His Children, When The Mother Doesn't Have Time To Speak With Her Children.

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. The Latter Is A Tendency Which Our Important And Influential Modern Communications Media Can Encourage. Information Is Important, But It Is Not Enough. All Too Often Things Get Simplified, Different Positions And Viewpoints Are Pitted Against One Another, And People Are Invited To Take Sides, Rather Than To See Things As A Whole.

We Have To Work Harder To Develop A Profound Theology Of Women Within The Church. The Feminine Genius Is Needed Wherever We Make Important Decisions.

In The Poor And Outcast We See Christ’s Face; By Loving And Helping The Poor, We Love And Serve Christ.

We Need Courage If We Are To Be Faithful To The Gospel.

Reject Every Form Of Corruption.

With God, Nothing Is Lost; But Without Him, Everything Is Lost.

To Change The World We Must Be Good To Those Who Cannot Repay Us.

Changing The World

Let Us Pray For Peace: Peace In The World And In Each Of Our Hearts.

Our Life Must Be Centred On What Is Essential, On Jesus Christ. Everything Else Is Secondary.

We Have, In A Sense, Lorded It Over Nature, Over Sister Earth, Over Mother Earth, I Think Man Has Gone Too Far.

I Do Not Believe, That It Is True Or Right That Islam Is Terrorist.

With Christ As The Center Of Your Life, You Will Never Be Disappointed.

For Her Part, The Church Always Works For The Integral Development Of Every Person. In This Sense, She Reiterates That The Common Good Should Not Be Simply An Extra, Simply A Conceptual Scheme Of Inferior Quality Tacked Onto Political Programmes. The Church Encourages Those In Power To Be Truly At The Service Of The Common Good Of Their Peoples.

It Might Be Better - More Comfortable - To Have A Dog And Two Cats. All The Love Is Focused On The Cats And The Dog. Am I Right Or Wrong Here? Have You Seen It? At The End Of This Marriage, Comes Old Age And Loneliness.

We Are Called To Reach Out To Those Who Find Themselves In The Existential Peripheries Of Our Societies And To Show Particular Solidarity With The Most Vulnerable Of Our Brothers And Sisters: The Poor, The Disabled, The Unborn And The Sick, Migrants And Refugees, The Elderly And The Young Who Lack Employment.

The Challenge Of Life Is To Learn How To Love

There Is No Cross, Big Or Small, In Our Life Which The Lord Does Not Share With Us.

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

The Worldwide Financial And Economic Crisis Seems To Highlight Their Distortions And Above All The Gravely Deficient Human Perspective, Which Reduces Man To One Of His Needs Alone, Namely, Consumption. Worse Yet, Human Beings Themselves Are Nowadays Considered As Consumer Goods Which Can Be Used And Thrown Away.

No One Must Use The Name Of God To Commit Violence. To Kill In The Name Of God Is A Grave Sacrilege. To Discriminate In The Name Of God Is Inhuman.

We Are All Jars Of Clay, Fragile And Poor, Yet We Carry Within Us An Immense Treasure.

If We Learn To Say We're Sorry And Ask Forgiveness, The Marriage Will Last.

Asking For Forgiveness

Lord, Teach Us To Step Outside Ourselves. Teach Us To Go Out Into The Streets And Manifest Your Love.

I Invite [journalists] To Seriously Study The Facts Of Guadalupe. The Madonna Is There. I Cannot Find Another Explanation.

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