Background Image

...

What Has The Cross Left In Each Of Us? You See, It Gives Us A Treasure That No One Else Can Give: The Certainty Of The Faithful Love Which God Has For Us. A Love So Great That It Enters Into Our Sin And Forgives It, Enters Into Our Suffering And Gives Us The Strength To Bear It. It Is A Love Which Enters Into Death To Conquer It And Save Us.

-Pope Francis

...

Please Wait....
Translating....

What Has The Cross

Pope Francis

...

What Has The Cross Left In Each Of Us? You See, It Gives Us A Treasure That No One Else Can Give: The Certainty Of The Faithful Love Which God Has For Us. A Love So Great That It Enters Into Our Sin And Forgives It, Enters Into Our Suffering And Gives Us The Strength To Bear It. It Is A Love Which Enters Into Death To Conquer It And Save Us.

Views: 6

Topic

More From Pope Francis

Solidarity...is A Structural Value Of The Social Doctrine, As Blessed John Paul Ii Reminded Us.

There Is A Danger That Threatens Everyone In The Church, All Of Us. The Danger Of Worldliness. It Leads Us To Vanity, Arrogance And Pride.

The Church Needs You, Your Enthusiasm, Your Creativity And The Joy That Is So Characteristic Of You.

Human Life, The Person Is No Longer Perceived As A Primary Value To Be Respected And Protected, Especially If Poor Or Disabled, If Not Yet Useful - Such As The Unborn Child - Or No Longer Needed - Such As The Elderly.

I Want To Express My Closeness To The People Of The Philippines Who Have Been Struck By A Strong Earthquake, And I Invite You To Pray For That Dear Nation, Which In Recent Days Has Suffered Different Calamities.

People In Every Nation Enhance The Social Dimension Of Their Lives By Acting As Committed And Responsible Citizens.

Do Good: We Will Meet One Another There.

The Pope Is A Man. The Pope Needs The Input Of Women, Too. And The Pope, Too, Has A Heart That Can Have A Healthy, Holy Friendship With A Woman.

If I'm Not Mistaken, Sigmund Freud Said That In Every Idealisation There's An Aggression. Depicting The Pope As A Sort Of Superman, A Star, Is Offensive To Me. The Pope Is A Man Who Laughs, Cries, Sleeps Calmly And Has Friends Like Everyone Else. A Normal Person.

A Credible Witness To Truth And To The Values Of The Gospel Is Urgently Needed.

There Can Be No Renewal Of Our Relationship With Nature Without A Renewal Of Humanity Itself.

Our Relationship

Life Gradually Becomes A Surrender To Situations Conditioned By Technology.

May The World Day Of Consecrated Life Be A Timely Occasion To Rediscover The Centrality Of Jesus In Our Lives.

We Are Not Alone. We Have Many Brothers Who In This Moment Of Catastrophe Came To Help. And We Too, Because Of This, We Feel More Like Brothers And Sisters Because We Helped Each Other.

If We Wish To Follow Christ Closely, We Cannot Choose An Easy, Quiet Life. It Will Be A Demanding Life, But Full Of Joy.

Challenges Exist To Be Overcome! Let Us Be Realists, But Without Losing Our Joy, Our Boldness And Our Hope-filled Commitment. Let Us Not Allow Ourselves To Be Robbed Of Missionary Vigour!

The Pope Doesn't Get Mixed Up In Italian Politics.

The Climate Is A Common Good, Belonging To All And Meant For All.

A God Who Draws Near Out Of Love, The Holy Father Continued, Walks With His People, And This Walk Comes To An Unimaginable Point. We Could Never Have Imagined That The Same Lord Would Become One Of Us And Walk With Us, Be Present With Us, Present In His Church, Present In The Eucharist, Present In His Word, Present In The Poor, He Is Present, Walking With Us. And This Is Closeness: The Shepherd Close To His Flock, Close To His Sheep, Whom He Knows, One By One.

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

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

Let Us Draw From The Crib The Joy And Deep Peace That Jesus Comes To Bring To The World.

It Is The Disease Of Cowards, Who Do Not Have The Courage To Speak Upfront And So Talk Behind One's Back... Watch Out Against The Terrorism Of Gossip!

The Root Of This Possibility Of Doing Good - That We All Have - Is In Creation.

But You Too, Help One Another: Help One Another Always. One Another. In This Way, By Helping One Another, We Will Do Some Good.

How Many Christians Live For Appearances? Their Life Seems Like A Soap Bubble. The Soap Bubble Is Beautiful, With All Its Colours! But It Lasts Only A Second, And Then What?

Money Must Serve, Not Rule! The Pope Loves Everyone, Rich And Poor Alike, But He Is Obliged In The Name Of Christ To Remind All That The Rich Must Help, Respect And Promote The Poor. I Exhort You To Generous Solidarity And A Return Of Economics And Finance To An Ethical Approach Which Favours Human Beings.

The Love Of God Is Not Something Vague Or Generic; The Love Of God Has A Name And A Face: Jesus Christ.

Religion Has The Right To Express Its Opinion In The Service Of The People, But God In Creation Has Set Us Free: It Is Not Possible To Interfere Spiritually In The Life Of A Person.

The Question Of Truth Is Really A Question Of Memory, Deep Memory, For It Deals With Something Prior To Ourselves And Can Succeed In Uniting Us In A Way That Transcends Our Petty And Limited Individual Consciousness. It Is A Question About The Origin Of All That Is, In Whose Light We Can Glimpse The Goal And Thus The Meaning Of Our Common Path.

None Of Us Can Think We Are Exempt From Concerns For The Poor And For Social Justice.

Without Prolonged Moments Of Adoration, Of Prayerful Encounter With The Word, Of Sincere Conversation With The Lord, Our Work Easily Becomes Meaningless; We Lose Energy As A Result Of Weariness And Difficulties, And Our Fervor Dies Out. The Church Urgently Needs The Deep Breath Of Prayer, And To My Great Joy Groups Devoted To Prayer And Intercession, The Prayerful Reading Of God's Word And The Perpetual Adoration Of The Eucharist Are Growing At Every Level Of Ecclesial Life.

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

Money Has To Serve, Not To Rule!

If We Don't Learn How To Cry, We Can't Be Good Christians. This Is A Challenge. Don't Be Frightened Of Crying.

The Disciple Of Jesus Gives Up All He Has, All His Goods, Because He Has Found In Him The Greatest Good From Which Every Other Good Receives Its Full Value And Meaning: Family Bonds, Other Relationships, Work, Cultural And Economic Goods And So On... The Christian Detaches Himself From Everything And Rediscovers All Of It In The Logic Of The Gospel, The Logic Of Love And Service.

Soccer Must Play A Socio-cultural Role. We Reach 1.6 Billion People, Thanks To The Positive Emotions That Soccer Triggers, Fifa Is More Influential Than Any Country On Earth And Any Religion. We Move Masses. We Want To Use That To Create More Peace, Justice And Health In The World.

It Is My Hope That Inter-religious And Ecumenical Cooperation Will Demonstrate That Men And Women Do Not Have To Forsake Their Identity, Whether Ethnic Or Religious, In Order To Live In Harmony With Their Brothers And Sisters. If We Are Honest In Presenting Our Convictions, We Will Be Able To See More Clearly What We Hold In Common.

Poverty Is The Center Of The Gospel.

Work Ends Up Dehumanizing People.

I Would Like Especially To Mention You, The Women, Wives And Mothers Of Paraguay, Who At Great Cost And Sacrifice Were Able To Lift Up A Country Defeated, Devastated And Laid Low By An Abominable War. God Bless Your Perseverance, God Bless And Encourage Your Faith, God Bless The Women Of Paraguay, The Most Glorious Women Of America.

Can We Who Have Had The Joy Of Knowing That We Are Not Orphans, That We Have A Father, Be Indifferent To This City Which Asks Of Us, Perhaps Even Unwittingly, Without Being Aware Of It, A Hope That Will Help It Look To The Future With Greater Confidence And Serenity? We Cannot Remain Indifferent. . . . Words Without Witness Are Hot Air. Words Do Not Suffice. It Must Be The True Witness That Paul Speaks Of.

In These Cases, Where There Is An Unjust Aggression, I Can Only Say That It Is Licit To Stop The Unjust Aggressor. I Emphasize The Word: "stop". I'm Not Saying Drop Bombs, Make War, But Stop The Aggressor. The Means Used To Stop Him Would Have To Be Evaluated.

This Is Precisely The Reason For The Dissatisfaction Of Some, Who End Up Sad - Sad Priests - In Some Sense Becoming Collectors Of Antiques Or Novelties, Instead Of Being Shepherds Living With 'the Odor Of The Sheep.' This I Ask You: Be Shepherds, With The 'odor Of The Sheep,' Make It Real, As Shepherds Among Your Flock, Fishers Of Men.

If Evil Is Contagious, So Is Good:therefore, We Must Allow Good To Abound In Us, More And More;let Us Be Infected By Goodness, And Let Us Spread The Good Contagion.

You Can't Govern Without Loving The People And Without Humility!

How Can It Be That It Is Not A News Item When An Elderly Homeless Person Dies Of Exposure, But It Is News When The Stock Market Loses Two Points? This Is A Case Of Exclusion.

Economic Inequality

And There Is This Fact Of The Twelve Baskets: Why Twelve? What Does It Mean? Twelve Is The Number Of The Tribes Of Israel, Symbolically It Represents All The People. And This Tells Us That When Food Is Shared Equally, With Solidarity, Nobody Is Devoid Of The Necessary, Each Community Can Meet The Needs Of The Poorest. Human Ecology And Environmental Ecology Go Hand In Hand.

Life Once Conceived, Must Be Protected With The Utmost Care; Abortion And Infanticide Are Abominable Crimes.

Lord, Help Us To Recognize You In The Sick, Poor And Suffering.

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.

When I Have A Problem, I Write It Down And Ask St Joseph To Sleep On It

I Would Like To Say Something Just About The Mexican People. It Is A Population That Has A Wealth, Such Great Wealth, A People That Surprises.

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.

Let Us Learn To Live With Kindness, To Love Everyone, Even When They Do Not Love Us.

How Does St. Joseph Exercise His Role As Protector? Discreetly, Humbly And Silently, But With An Unfailing Presence And Utter Fidelity, Even When He Finds It Hard To Understand.

The Holy Spirit Transforms And Renews Us, Creates Harmony And Unity, And Gives Us Courage And Joy For Mission.

When We Read About Creation In Genesis, We Run The Risk Of Imagining God Was A Magician, With A Magic Wand Able To Do Everything. But That Is Not So. God Is Not A Demiurge [demigod] Or A Magician, But The Creator Who Gives Being To All Entities. Evolution In Nature Is Not Opposed To The Notion Of Creation, Because Evolution Presupposes The Creation Of Beings That Evolve.

Theory Of Evolution

Tell Me, When You Give Alms Do You Look Into The Eyes Of The Man Or Woman To Whom You Give Alms? . . . And When You Give Alms, Do You Touch The Hand Of The One To Whom You Give Alms, Or Do You Toss The Coin?

Yes, Hypothetically, Western Catholicism Could Revise The Theme Of Celibacy. ... But For The Moment, I Am In Favor Of Maintaining Celibacy, With The Pros And The Cons It Has, Because We Have Ten Centuries Of More Good Experiences Than Bad Ones.

We Who Are Christians, Members Of God’s Family, Are Called To Go Out To The Needy And To Serve Them.

The Love Of Christ Fills Our Hearts And Makes Us Always Able To Forgive!

Let Us Not Grow Tired Of Knocking At God's Door. Let Us Go To The Heart Of God Through Mary, Our Whole Life, Every Day, Knocking At The Door Of God's Heart! Mary Prays - Prays Together With The Community Of Disciples, And Teaches Us To Have Full Faith In God, In His Mercy. This Is The Power Of Prayer!

If You Don’t Learn How To Cry, You Cannot Be A Good Christian. When They Posed This Question To Us – Why Children Suffer, Why This Or That Tragedy Occurs In Life – Our Response Must Be Either Silence Or A Word That Is Born Of Our Tears. Be Courageous, Don’t Be Afraid To Cry.

How Precious Is The Family As The Privileged Place For Transmitting The Faith.

Forgiveness Is Not A Result Of Our Efforts, But Is A Gift. It Is A Gift Of The Holy Spirit Who Showers Us With Mercy And Grace That Pours Forth Unceasingly From The Open Heart Of Christ Crucified And Risen.

Are We Capable Of Bringing The Word Of God Into The Environment In Which We Live? Do We Know How To Speak Of Christ, Of What He Represents For Us, In Our Families, Among The People Who Form Part Of Our Daily Lives? Faith Is Born From Listening, And Is Strengthened By Proclamation.

If My Good Friend Dr. Gasparri Says A Curse Word Against My Mother, He Can Expect A Punch. It's Normal. It's Normal.

Fundamental Relationships Are Being Called Into Question, As Is The Very Basis Of Marriage And The Family. I Can Only Reiterate The Importance And, Above All, The Richness And The Beauty Of Family Life.

Cars Are Necessary, But Take A More Humble One. Think Of How Many Children Die Of Hunger And Dedicate The Savings To Them.

Mary’s Life Shows That God Accomplishes Great Deeds Through Those Who Are The Most Humble.

Let's Say 'yes' To Life And 'no' To Death.

I Don't Know How Things Stand In The Thinking Of The Italian Parliament. The Pope Doesn't Get Mixed Up In Italian Politics.

Today Is My Anniversary Of Ordination To The Priesthood. Please Pray For Me And All Priests.

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

Every Time We Judge Our Brother In Our Hearts Or Worse When We Speak Badly Of Them With Others, We Are Murdering Christians.

The True Strength Of The Christian Is The Power Of Truth And Love, Which Leads To The Renunciation Of All Violence. Faith And Violence Are Incompatible.

I Pray The Breviary Every Morning. I Like To Pray With The Psalms. Then, Later, I Celebrate Mass. I Pray The Rosary. What I Really Prefer Is Adoration In The Evening, Even When I Get Distracted And Think Of Other Things, Or Even Fall Asleep Praying. In The Evening Then, Between Seven And Eight O'clock, I Stay In Front Of The Blessed Sacrament For An Hour In Adoration. But I Pray Mentally Even When I Am Waiting At The Dentist Or At Other Times Of The Day.

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.

Thought Provoking

In The Face Of Life’s Difficulties, Let Us Ask The Lord For The Strength To Remain Joyful Witnesses To Our Faith.

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.

God Always Has Patience.

Having Patience

Help One Another: This Is What Jesus Teaches Us And This What I Am Doing, And Doing With All My Heart.

Today, This Selfish Attitude Of Indifference Has Taken On Global Proportions, To The Extent That We Can Speak Of A Globalization Of Indifference. It Is A Problem Which We, As Christians, Need To Confront.

All Of Us Are Called To Fight #‎ Humantraffickin G And #‎ Slavery .

As Christians, Our Duty Is To Pray For Them And Ask The Lord To Give Them The Grace Of Penance, So That They Don't Die With A Corrupt Heart, Because Otherwise The Dogs Of Hell Will Take Their Blood.

Let Us Pray For All Good And Faithful Priests Who Dedicate Themselves To Their People With Generosity And Unknown Sacrifices.

Be Dispensers Of God's Grace, Not Controllers. Don't Be The Holy Spirit's Customs Agents.

War Destroys, Kills, Impoverishes. Lord, Give Us Your Peace!

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.

From Rome, Now The Nuncio Is On The Border Where [ukrainians] Are Fighting, Helping Soldiers And The Wounded. The Church Of Rome Has Sent So Much Help There. It's Always Peace, Agreements. We Must Respect The Minsk Accords And So On. This Is The Entirety. But, Don't Get Scared By That Phrase. And This Is A Lesson That A Piece Of News Must Be Interpreted With The Hermeneutic Of Everything And Not Just A Part.

More And More People Work On Sundays As A Consequence Of The Competitiveness Imposed By A Consumer Society.

Competitiveness

Christmas Is Joy, Religious Joy, An Inner Joy Of Light And Peace.

For The Sake Of Peace, Religious Beliefs Must Never Be Allowed To Be Abused In The Cause Of Violence And War.

Move Forward And Let Others Do The Same. Simple. This Is A Guiding Principle Everyone Should Have.

We All Need To Improve, To Change For The Better. Lent Helps Us Fight Against Our Faults.

Our Mother Mary Is Full Of Beauty Because She Is Full Of Grace.

God Understands Us, He Waits For Us. He Doesn't Get Tired Of Forgiving Us. If We Repent And Go To Him With A Truly Open Heart.

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.

Truth, According To The Christian Faith, Is God's Love For Us In Jesus Christ. Therefore, Truth Is A Relationship.

The Cross Isn't An Ornament, Mere Symbol. It's The Mystery Of God's Love, That He Died For Our Sins.

It Seems Clear To Me Also That Climate Change Is A Problem Which Can No Longer Be Left To Our Future Generation.

We Just Cannot Worry About Ourselves.

Children Are Victims Of A Social Problem That Wounds The Family.

Why Are Deadly Weapons Being Sold To Those Who Plan To Inflict Untold Suffering On Individuals And Society? Sadly, The Answer, As We All Know, Is Simply For Money: Money That Is Drenched In Blood, Often Innocent Blood. In The Face Of This Shameful And Culpable Silence, It Is Our Duty To Confront The Problem And To Stop The Arms Trade.

Abortion Is Not A Theological Problem, It Is A Human Problem, It Is A Medical Problem. You Kill One Person To Save Another, In The Best Case Scenario. Or To Live Comfortably, No? It's Against The Hippocratic Oaths Doctors Must Take.

Medical Problems

Man Has Slapped Nature In The Face. If You Slap It, It Will Slap You Back.

Legal Systems, At Both The National And International Level, Are Therefore Required To Recognize, Guarantee And Protect Religious Freedom, Which Is A Right Intrinsically Inherent In Human Nature, In Man's Dignity As A Free Being, And Is Also An Indicator Of A Healthy Democracy And Cone Of The Main Sources Of The Legitimacy Of The State. Religious Freedom ... Favors The Development Of Relationships Of Mutual Respect Between The Different Confessions And Their Healthy Collaboration With The State And Political Society, Without Confusion Of Roles And Without Antagonism.

May All People Here Find Inspiration And Strength To Build A Future Of Reconciliation, Justice And Peace For All The Children Of This Beloved Land.

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 Is Nothing The Church Can Do Except Try To Educate People To Become Good Consumers.

In The Face Of So Many Wounds That Hurt Us And Could Lead To A Hardness Of Heart, We Are Called To Dive Into The Sea Of Prayer, Which Is The Sea Of The Boundless Love Of God, In Order To Experience His Tenderness

Many Of You Have Asked The Lord, Looking At Him: Why, Lord? And The Lord Answers To Each One Of You, To Your Heart, Christ Responds With His Heart. It's The Only Thing I Can Tell You. Let Us Look To Christ, He Is The Lord And He Understands Us Because He Underwent All The Trials That We Go Through.

Each One Of Us Is Called To Be An Artisan Of Peace, By Uniting And Not Dividing, By Extinguishing Hatred And Not Holding On To It, By Opening Paths To Dialogue And Not By Constructing New Walls!

To Be An Ambassador For Christ Means To Invite Everyone To A Personal Encounter With Jesus

We Cannot Become Starched Christians, Too Polite, Who Speak Of Theology Calmly Over Tea. We Have To Become Courageous Christians And Seek Out Those (who Need Help Most).

You May Be Poor Yourselves In Material Ways, But You Have An Abundance Of Gifts To Offer When You Offer Christ And The Community Of His Church.

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?

On A Positive Note, We Must Reaffirm The Right Of Children To Grow Up In A Family With A Father And A Mother Capable Of Creating A Suitable Environment For The Child’s Development And Emotional Maturity.

We Must Learn From Mary, And We Must Imitate Her Unconditional Readiness To Receive Christ In Her Life.

A Christian Who Withdraws Into Himself, Hiding All That The Lord Has Given Him, Is Not A Christian! I Would Ask The Many Young People Present To Be Generous With Their God-given Talents For The Good Of Others, The Church And Our World.

War Is The Suicide Of Humanity Because It Kills The Heart And Kills Love.

Saints Are People Who Belong Fully To God. They Are Not Afraid Of Being Mocked, Misunderstood Or Marginalized.

A Good Catholic Meddles In Politics, Offering The Best Of Himself, So That Those Who Govern Can Govern. But What Is The Best That We Can Offer To Those Who Govern? Prayer!

There's Only A Very Small Representation Of Girls Among You. Too Little. Women Have Much To Tell Us In Today’s Society. Sometimes We Are Too Machistas And We Don't Allow Enough Space To Women. But Women Can See Things From A Different Angle To Us, With A Different Eye. Women Are Able To Pose Questions We Men Are Unable To Understand. Look Out For This Fact: She Is The Only One Who Has Put A Question For Which There Is No Answer. She Couldn't Put It Into Words But Expressed It With Tears.

God Never Closes Off Horizons; He Is Never Unconcerned About The Lives And Sufferings Of His Children. God Never Allows Himself To Be Outdone In Generosity.

Racism Today Is The Ultimate Evil In The World

Today We Celebrate Earth Day. I Exhort Everyone To See The World Through The Eyes Of God The Creator: The Earth Is An Environment To Be Safeguarded, A Garden To Be Cultivated. The Relationship Of Mankind With Nature Must Not Be Conducted With Greed, Manipulation And Exploitation, But It Must Conserve The Divine Harmony That Exists Between Creatures And Creation Within The Logic Of Respect And Care, So It Can Be Put To The Service Of Our Brothers, Also Of Future Generations.

And Now I Would Like To Give The Blessing, But First - First I Ask A Favor Of You: Before The Bishop Blesses His People, I Ask You To Pray To The Lord That He Will Bless Me: The Prayer Of The People Asking The Blessing For Their Bishop.

Let's Pray For Whole World That There Be Brotherhood. I Hope This Journey Of The Church We Begin Today Is Fruitful For Evangelization.

Babies Cry, Make Noise, Go Here And There. But It Annoys Me When A Baby Cries In Church And There Are Those Who Say He Needs To Go Out. The Cry Of A Baby Is God's Voice: Never Drive Them Away From The Church!

I Do Not Believe It Is Right To Identify Islam With Violence. This Is Not Right Or True.

The Christian Who Does Not Feel That The Virgin Mary Is His Or Her Mother Is An Orphan.

We Ask The Risen Jesus, Who Turns Death Into Life, To Change Hatred Into Love, Vengeance Into Forgiveness, War Into Peace. Yes, Christ Is Our Peace, And Through Him To Implore Peace For All The World.

Throwing Away Food Is Like Stealing From The Table Of Those Who Are Poor And Hungry.

May No One Use Religion As A Pretext For Actions Against Human Dignity And Against The Fundamental Rights Of Every Man And Woman.

Dear Young People, Christ Asks You To Be Wide Awake And Alert, To See The Things In Life That Really Matter.

If There Is No Humility, Love Remains Blocked.

Let's Not Be Naive, We're Not Talking About A Simple Political Battle; It Is A Destructive Pretension Against The Plan Of God. We Are Not Talking About A Mere Bill, But Rather A Machination Of The Father Of Lies That Seeks To Confuse And Deceive The Children Of God.

When We Walk Without The Cross, When We Build Without The Cross And When We Proclaim Christ Without The Cross, We Are Not Disciples Of The Lord. We Are Worldly. We May Be Bishops, Priests, Cardinals, Popes, All Of This, But We Are Not Disciples Of The Lord.

No Elderly Person Should Be Like An “exile” In Our Families. The Elderly Are A Treasure For Our Society.

Let Us Not Forget This Word: God Never Ever Tires Of Forgiving Us!

May The Power Of Christ, Which Brings Freedom And Service, Be Felt In So Many Hearts Afflicted By War, Persecution And Slavery.

Needing To Talk Badly About Others Indicates Low Self Esteem. That Means, 'i Feel So Low That Instead Of Picking Myself Up, I Have To Cut Others Down.' Letting Go Of Negative Things Quickly Is Healthy.

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

One Cannot Provoke, One Cannot Insult Other People's Faith, One Cannot Make Fun Of Faith.

Do I Pray That The Lord Gives Me The Desire To Do His Will, Or Do I Look For Compromises Because I'm Afraid Of God's Will?

I Ask Everyone With Political Responsibility To Remember Two Things: Human Dignity And The Common Good.

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.

Leaders Of The Church Have Often Been Narcissus, Flattered And Sickeningly Excited By Their Courtiers. The Court Is The Leprosy Of The Papacy.

When We Are Generous In Welcoming People And Sharing Something With Them-some Food, A Place In Our Homes, Our Time-not Only Do We No Longer Remain Poor: We Are Enriched. I Am Well Aware That When Someone Needing Food Knocks At Your Door, You Always Find A Way Of Sharing Food; As The Proverb Says, One Can Always 'add More Water To The Beans'! Is It Possible To Add More Water To The Beans?...always?...and You Do So With Love, Demonstrating That True Riches Consist Not In Materials Things, But In The Heart!

The Christian Family Is Missionary: It Announces The Love Of God To The World.

We Can Study The Whole History Of Salvation, We Can Study The Whole Of Theology, But Without The Spirit We Cannot Understand. It Is The Spirit That Makes Us Realize The Truth Or - In The Words Of Our Lord - It Is The Spirit That Makes Us Know The Voice Of Jesus.

We Can Coexist Well [with Muslims]. But There Are Fundamentalist Groups.

The Perfect Family Doesn't Exist, Nor Is There A Perfect Husband Or A Perfect Wife, And Let's Not Talk About The Perfect Mother-in-law! It's Just Us Sinners. A Healthy Family Life Requires Frequent Use Of Three Phrases: "may I? Thank You, And I'm Sorry" And "never, Never, Never End The Day Without Making Peace."

Preparation For Marriage Is Very Important. It's Very, Very Important Because I Believe It Is Something That In The Church, In Common Pastoral Ministry, At Least In My Country, In South America, The Church It Has Not Valued Much.

The Person Who Gossips Is A Terrorist Who Drops A Bomb, Destroys, And They Destroy Others.

10 Days Before The Death Of St. John Paul Ii, In That Via Crucis Of Holy Friday, Joseph Ratzinger Said To The Whole Church That It Needed To Clean Up The Dirt Of The Church.

Jesus Is More Than A Friend. He Is A Teacher Of Truth And Life Who Shows Us The Way That Leads To Happiness.

Be Present To Those Who, Living In The Midst Of A Society Burdened By Poverty And Corruption, Are Broken In Spirit, Tempted To Give Up, To Leave School And To Live On The Streets.

I Think We Too Are The People Who, On The One Hand, Want To Listen To Jesus, But On The Other Hand, At Times, Like To Find A Stick To Beat Others With, To Condemn Others. And Jesus Has This Message For Us: Mercy. I Think - And I Say It With Humility - That This Is The Lord's Most Powerful Message: Mercy.

I'd Say I Dream In Esperanto. Sometimes I Remember Some Dreams In Another Language, But Dreaming In Languages No, But Figures Yes, My Psychology Is This Way.

Today, Elderly People Are Discarded When, In Reality, They Are The Seat Of Wisdom Of The Society...the Right To Life Means Allowing People To Live And Not Killing, Allowing Them To Grow, To Eat, To Be Educated, To Be Healed, And To Be Permitted To Die With Dignity.

I See Clearly That The Thing The Church Needs Most Today Is The Ability To Heal Wounds And To Warm The Hearts Of The Faithful; It Needs Nearness, Proximity. I See The Church As A Field Hospital After Battle... The Church Sometimes Has Locked Itself Up In Small Things, In Small-minded Rules. The Most Important Thing Is The First Proclamation: Jesus Christ Has Saved You.

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

Filipinos Are Called To Be Outstanding Missionaries Of Faith In Asia

Jesus Is The One Who Brings God To Us And Us To God.

What Has The Cross Left In Each Of Us? You See, It Gives Us A Treasure That No One Else Can Give: The Certainty Of The Faithful Love Which God Has For Us. A Love So Great That It Enters Into Our Sin And Forgives It, Enters Into Our Suffering And Gives Us The Strength To Bear It. It Is A Love Which Enters Into Death To Conquer It And Save Us.

The Fact Is That Woman Was Taken From A Rib.

The Lord Has Redeemed All Of Us, All Of Us, With The Blood Of Christ: All Of Us, Not Just Catholics. Everyone! 'father, The Atheists?' Even The Atheists. Everyone!

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.

I Had The Habit Of Not Accepting Prizes Or Honors, But Always, Not Out Of Humility, But Because I Don't Like Them.

The Cross Is The Price Of True Love. Lord, Give Us The Strength To Accept And Carry Our Crosses!

He Saw The Threat Of The Family Being Destroyed By Not Being Open To Life Or Children. Paul Vi Was Brave. He Was A Good Pastor. He Alerted His Sheep, Telling Them That The Wolves Were Approaching.

May Both Of Them [saint John Xxiii And Saint John Paul Ii] Teach Us Not To Be Scandalized By The Wounds Of Christ And To Enter Ever More Deeply Into The Mystery Of Divine Mercy, Which Always Hopes And Always Forgives, Because It Always Loves.

Terrorism Is Everywhere. You Think Of The Tribal Terrorism Of Some African Countries.

Human Life Must Always Be Defended From Its Beginning In The Womb And Must Be Recognised As A Gift Of God That Guarantees The Future Of Humanity.

A Christian Brings Peace To Others. Not Only Peace, But Also Love, Kindness, Faithfulness And Joy.

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.

Communications Requires Study, Preparation, And A Special Attention To Truth, Goodness And Beauty.

At Times We Are Slaves Of Sin. Lord, Come To Free Us!

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.

The Sacraments Are The Manifestation Of The Father’s Tenderness And Love Towards Each Of Us.

Be Missionaries Of God's Tenderness!

The Family Remains The Basic Unit Of Society And The First School In Which Children Learn The Human, Spiritual And Moral Values Which Enable Them To Be A Beacon Of Goodness, Integrity And Justice In Our Communities.

Let Us Never Forget That It Is The Lord Who Guides The Church. He Is The One Who Makes Our Apostolates Fruitful.

Auschwitz Cries Out With The Pain Of Immense Suffering And Pleads For A Future Of Respect, Peace And Encounter Among Peoples.

It Is Necessary To Broaden The Opportunities For A Stronger Presence Of Women In The Church.

The Love Of God Is Not Generic. God Looks With Love Upon Every Man And Woman, Calling Them By Name.

Through Prayer, Charity And Humility Before God, People Receive A Heart Which Is Firm And Merciful, Attentive And Generous, A Heart Which Is Not Closed, Indifferent Or Prey To The Globalization Of Indifference.

Although It Is A Symbol Of Life, The Female Body Is Unfortunately Not Rarely Attacked And Disfigured, Even By Those Who Should Be Its Protector And Life Companion.

Terrorism Grows When There Are No Other Options, And When The Center Of The Global Economy Is The God Of Money And Not The Person - Men And Women - This Is Already The First Terrorism!

Let Us Pause Before The Child Of Bethlehem. Let Us Allow Our Hearts To Be Touched, Let Us Allow Ourselves To Be Warmed By The Tenderness Of God; We Need His Caress. God Is Full Of Love: To Him Be Praise And Glory Forever! God Is Peace: Let Us Ask Him To Help Us To Be Peacemakers Each Day, In Our Life, In Our Families, In Our Cities And Nations, In The Whole World. Let Us Allow Ourselves To Be Moved By God's Goodness.

Families Have A Citizenship Which Is Divine. The Identity Card They Have Is Given To Them By God. So That Within The Heart Of The Family, Truth, Goodness And Beauty May Truly Grow.

Migrants And Refugees Are Not Pawns On The Chessboard Of Humanity. They Are Children, Women And Men Who Leave Or Who Are Forced To Leave Their Homes For Various Reasons, Who Share A Legitimate Desire For Knowing And Having, But Above All For Being More

Mercy Is The True Power That Can Save Humanity And The World From Sin And Evil.

Jesus Understands Our Weaknesses And Sins; And He Forgives Us If We Allow Ourselves To Be Forgiven.

We Must Always Walk In The Presence Of The Lord, In The Light Of The Lord, Always Trying To Live In An Irreprehensible Way.

In God’s Great Plan, Every Detail Is Important, Even Yours, Even My Humble Little Witness, Even The Hidden Witness Of Those Who Live Their Faith With Simplicity In Everyday Family Relationships, Work Relationships, Friendships. There Are The Saints Of Every Day, The “hidden” Saints, A Sort Of “middle Class Of Holiness” To Which We Can All Belong.

Work Relationships

Do Not Forget, Read A Passage From The Gospel Every Day. It Is The Power That Changes Us, That Transforms Us, It Changes Life And It Changes The Heart.

Trending Author

David Schwimmer

Ken Livingstone

Category