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? Pope Francis More Quotes by Pope Francis More Quotes From Pope Francis I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable. Pope Francis prayermayhelping We too can be saints in our family, in our neighborhood, wherever we live and work. Be a person who listens to what people need, communicating not only to grieve or tell others about your own problems. Listen in order to intercede and help out. Pope Francis grievingorderpeople I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to bear their sufferings in fellowship with Jesus Christ and to support all those who care for them. To all the ill, and to all the health-care workers and volunteers who assist them, I cordially impart my Apostolic Blessing. Pope Francis volunteerblessingjesus Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness. Pope Francis holinessdeterminationchristian God's love is unbounded. It has no limits. Pope Francis gods-lovelimitslove-is A fundamental role in the renewal of society is played, of course, by the family and especially by young people. Pope Francis rolesfundamentalspeople Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary enthusiasm! Pope Francis missionaryenthusiasm It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life. Pope Francis progressiveproblemtrying Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others. Pope Francis invites Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world. Pope Francis joyworldjesus Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the poor to live with dignity and reaching out to everyone, will also risk breaking down. Pope Francis communitycreativethinking An authentic faith always implies a deep desire to change the world. Pope Francis changing-the-worlddesireworld Division within a Christian community is a very grave sin; it is the work of the devil. Pope Francis devilcommunitychristian Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord, who even before he was born, and then just after birth, experienced the world’s rejection. And every elderly person…even if he is ill or at the end of his days, bears the face of Christ. They cannot be discarded, as the ‘culture of waste’ suggests! Pope Francis christianwiseinspiring Let's return to our first love, in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth. Pope Francis first-lovefirejesus I would like that all of us, after these days of grace, might have the courage - the courage - to walk in the presence of the Lord, with the Cross of the Lord: to build the Church on the Blood of the Lord, which is shed on the Cross, and to profess the one glory, Christ Crucified. In this way, the Church will go forward. Pope Francis churchgraceblood In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children. Pope Francis doefatherchildren Once man has lost the fundamental orientation which unifies his existence, he breaks down into the multiplicity of his desires; in refusing to await the time of promise, his life-story disintegrates into a myriad of unconnected instants. Pope Francis desiremenpromise Idolatry, then, is always polytheism, an aimless passing from one lord to another. Idolatry does not offer a journey but rather a plethora of paths leading nowhere and forming a vast labyrinth. Pope Francis labyrinthjourneypath I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of goodwill: let us be 'protectors' of creation, protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment. Pope Francis politicalresponsibilitymen
