Be generous

How do we not judge, not condemn, and forgive? "Give and it will be given to you": be generous in giving. Not only material alms, but spiritual alms too: spend time with someone in need, visit someone who is sick, offer a smile. #SantaMarta

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 18 mars 2019

I renew my invitation for prayer and gestures of peace to combat hatred and violence

I pray for the victims of the horrible attack against two mosques in #Christchurch, New Zealand. I renew my invitation for prayer and gestures of peace to combat hatred and violece.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 17 mars 2019

Prayer reconnects us to God, charity to our neighbor, fasting to ourselves

Prayer reconnects us to God, charity to our neighbor, fasting to ourselves. God, my brothers and sisters, my life: these are the realities that do not end in nothing, and in which we must invest. #Lent

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 17 mars 2019

Lent is a journey of returning to the essential

#Lent is a journey of returning to the essential, during which the Lord asks us to follow three steps: almsgiving, prayer, and fasting.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 17 mars 2019

Lent is a reminder to stop, to return to the essential

#Lent is a reminder to stop, to return to the essential, to fast from all that is superfluous and distracting. It is a wake-up call for the spirit.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 16 mars 2019

The week of Spiritual Exercises

I ask everyone to remember in prayer both myself and my collaborators in the Roman Curia, who this evening will be beginning the week of Spiritual Exercises.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 10, 2019

Only those who leave behind their earthly attachments

Only those who leave behind their earthly attachments in order to set out will find the mystery of God.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 9, 2019

Women make the world beautiful

Women make the world beautiful, they protect it and keep it alive. They bring the grace of renewal, the embrace of inclusion, and the courage to give of oneself. #InternationalWomensDay

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 8, 2019

The grace to preserve the memory of all that the Lord has done in our lives

At the beginning of Lent, it would do us good to ask for the grace to preserve the memory of all that the Lord has done in our lives, of how He has loved us. #SantaMarta

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 7, 2019

The Lenten journey begins

The Lenten journey begins today, Ash Wednesday. I invite each of you to live this time in an authentic spirit of penance and conversion, like a return to the Father, who awaits us all with open arms.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 6, 2019

Let us pray

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— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 5, 2019

Prayer gives consistency and vitality to everything

Prayer gives consistency and vitality to everything we do.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 4, 2019

Let us allow her to remain a welcoming home, in which no one feels excluded

Let us hear the cry of the earth, wounded in a thousand ways by human greed. Let us allow her to remain a welcoming home, in which no one feels excluded. #WorldWildlifeDay

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 3, 2019

He will open up a new path

Sometimes we may feel we are alone in facing difficulties. But, even if He doesn’t intervene immediately, the Lord walks by our side and, if we keep going forward, He will open up a new path.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 2, 2019

In order to pray well

In order to pray well, we need to have the heart of a child.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 1, 2019

An urgent challenge of our time

I invite you to pray during these days for the Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church, an event that I want to be a powerful gesture of pastoral responsibility in the face of an urgent challenge of our time.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 18, 2019

Let us ask the Holy Spirit to help us transform this evil into an opportunity for awareness

Let us ask the Holy Spirit to sustain us during these days and to help us transform this evil into an opportunity for awareness and purification. #PBC2019

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 21, 2019

Let’s take a little time every day to examine our conscience. Five minutes at the end of each day will help us think about a change of heart.

Let’s take a little time every day to examine our conscience, to convert to the Lord. Five minutes at the end of each day will help us think about a change of heart and conversion to the Lord, without procrastination. #SantaMarta

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 28, 2019

If you believe in God

If you believe in God you must try to live justly with everyone, according to the golden rule: “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you” (Mt 7,12).

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 27, 2019

Life consists in loving God with all your heart, and your neighbour as yourself

Religious life consists in loving God with all your heart, and your neighbour as yourself.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 26, 2019

God’s love is the only power capable of making all things new

God’s love is the only power capable of making all things new.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 25, 2019

The wrath of God

Every abuse is an atrocity. In people's justified anger, the Church sees the reflection of the wrath of God. It is our duty to listen attentively to this silent cry. #PBC2019 https://t.co/Gx9M9MgzTX

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 24, 2019

Lord, focus our gaze on what is essential, make us strip ourselves of everything that does not help

Lord, focus our gaze on what is essential, make us strip ourselves of everything that does not help to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ transparent. #PBC2019

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 23, 2019

Humble and concrete answers

Lord, deliver us from the temptation to want to save ourselves, and our reputations; help us to acknowledge our guilt and to seek humble and concrete answers together, and in communion with all the People of God. #PBC2019

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 22, 2019

Lord, open our hearts and shape them in your image

Lord, you know how we resist placing the sufferings of others in our heart. Open our hearts and shape them in your image. #PBC2019

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 21, 2019

Dialogue, communion, listening and discernment

As of tomorrow, we will live several days of dialogue and communion, of listening and discernment. May it be a time of conversion. We don't proclaim ourselves, but He who died for us. #PBC2019

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 20, 2019

In the darkest moments of our history, the Lord draws near, opens paths, lifts up discouraged faith, anoints wounded hope, and awakens sleeping charity

In the darkest moments of our history, the Lord draws near, opens paths, lifts up discouraged faith, anoints wounded hope, and awakens sleeping charity.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 19, 2019

Let us enter into the mystery of the sorrowful heart of God who is Father

Let us enter into the mystery of the sorrowful heart of God who is Father, and let us speak with Him as we witness the many calamities of our time. #SantaMarta

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 19, 2019

Christians promote peace

Christians promote peace, starting with the community in which they live.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 17, 2019

Jesus asks us to produce one work of art: that of our own life

Jesus asks us to produce just one work of art, which is possible for everyone: that of our own life.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 16, 2019

His boundless love

Truth is the wonderful revelation of God, of His Fatherly face. It is His boundless love.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 15, 2019