Pope Francis

Wednesday 30 December 2020

The Son of God comes down from heaven and comes to earth to bring us to heaven!

We were thought of before we learned how to think; we were loved before we learned how to love

I pray in particular for those who have lost their lives and for their families

The Son of God was born an outcast, in order to tell us that every outcast is a child of God

Humanity’s ruin is that everyone goes their own way

A special year dedicated to the Family

Loving actions change history: even the ones that are small, hidden, everyday

Saint Stephan is the first martyr, the first of a host of brothers and sisters who continue to bring the light into the darkness

Gratitude to everyone, especially for the gift of prayer

May Christmas be an opportunity for all of us to rediscover the family as a cradle of life and faith, a place of acceptance and love, dialogue, forgiveness, fraternal solidarity and shared joy, a source of peace for all humanity

The Son of God consecrated familial love

In everyone, I see reflected the face of God, and in those who suffer, I see the Lord pleading for my help

We come from every continent, from every language and culture, with our own identities and differences, yet we are all brothers and sisters

To become resigned to violence and injustice would be to reject the joy and hope of Christmas

The birth of Jesus is the “newness” that enables us to be reborn each year and to find, in him, the strength needed to face every trial

Merry Christmas!

You, my Saviour, teach me to serve

This day, God amazes us and says to each of us: “You are amazing”

God came among us in poverty and need, to tell us that in serving the poor, we will show our love for him

The Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord

Christmas is the feast of God's love for us

Jesus shows us the way of tenderness to be close to each other, to be human

Hope and peace

Those who fail to view a crisis in the light of the Gospel simply perform an autopsy on a cadaver

Jesus does not wait until we are good to love us

Let us do something for someone who has less: not the umpteenth gift for ourselves and our friends, but for a person in need whom no-one thinks of!

Service means caring for the vulnerable members of our families, our society, our people

Signs of hope

I encourage you to dedicate time to prayer

Loving our neighbour as ourselves means being committed to building a world in which everyone has access to the goods of the earth, in which all can develop as individuals and as families, and in which fundamental rights and dignity are guaranteed to all

The confident expectation of the Lord allows us to find comfort and courage in the dark moments of our lives

The events of this year teach us the importance of caring for each other and creation

I ask God to inspire, in the hearts of all, respect for the life of our brothers

We are all sinners who need to be touched by God's mercy

To pray is to light a candle in the darkness

The time we are given to welcome the Lord who comes to encounter us

Poor and frail among us

Word of salvation

The current pandemic and climate change affect above all the lives of the poor

Blessing and gift

Hope and joy

Everyone is called to contribute with courage and determination to the respect for the fundamental rights of every person

A question of patience

150 years after the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Catholic Church

“No” to sin and “Yes” to Grace

Thanks for your tenderness

We are converted to the degree in which we open ourselves up to the beauty, the goodness, the tenderness of God

Now Love in person awaits us

Come, Lord Jesus, make our distracted hearts watchful

Inclusion of the vulnerable must also entail efforts to promote their active participation

Inclusion should be the “rock”

We will train ourselves to be watchful

Prayers

God’s grace changes lives

Slavery is rooted in a notion of the human person that allows people to be treated like an object

A life of prayer

Before meetings, studying, work, and before making decisions, in the important moments or times of trial: Come, Lord Jesus!

The firm rejection of the death penalty shows to what extent it is possible to recognize the inalienable dignity of every human being

He came down toward us

Praying and loving, that is what it means to be watchful

A continuous call to hope

Conversion

We must always be careful to remain on the road

A saving Word

Cardinals

We do not live aimlessly and without destination

So that the violence might ceases

God is patient

A world without hunger, poverty, violence and war

When we pray, God grants us the grace we need

If we want a better world, that will be a peaceful home and not a battlefield, we all need to do a lot more for the dignity of each woman

Monday 28 December 2020

Let us care for the needs of every man and woman, young and old, with fraternal spirit of care and closeness

We were not created to dream about vacations or the weekend, but to make God’s dreams come true in this world

Let us not give up on great dreams

His final wishes: the good we do to one of our least brothers and sisters – hungry, thirsty, strangers, in need, sick, imprisoned – we do to Him

World Youth Days

You can’t remain outside the places that are shaping the present and future

Thank you, contemplative sisters and brothers, because you are support for the weak, beacons that signal the port, torches that illuminate the dark night, sentinels who announce the new day

We reaffirm our support to human fraternity as the solution to erase violence, discrimination and hatred in the name of religion

Every child needs to be welcomed and defended

Sunday 27 December 2020

The earth and its poor urgently demand a sound economy and a sustainable development

Everything that happens

An outstretched hand can always be enriched by the smile of those who quietly and unassumingly offer to help

Monday 16 November 2020

Let us be committed to living and teaching the value of respect, a love capable of welcoming differences, and the priority of the dignity of every human being

I express my solidarity to the poorest families and those who are doing all they can to help them

Hold out your hand to the poor, instead of demanding what you lack

World Day Of The Poor

The ability to stretch forth our hand shows that we possess an innate capacity to act in ways that give meaning to life

Generosity that supports the weak, consoles the afflicted, relieves suffering and restores dignity to those stripped of it, is a condition for a fully human life

The one who prays is never alone

Commitment to eradicate this evil

Evangelical charity toward the poor and marginalized

The light of faith needs to enlighten scientific advances so that they respect the centrality of the human person

The Lord desires to dwell in every heart

May the Lord welcome the deceased, comfort their families and sustain those most in need, as well as all those who are doing all they can to help them

I invite everyone to prayer and to fraternal respect, to dialogue and to a peaceful end to the disagreements

The shining lamp with which we can pass through the night beyond death and reach the great feast of life

All of us are able to give without expecting anything in return

War is the negation of all rights and a dramatic assault on the environment

Let us pray that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind

A true vision of life: it opens us up to true freedom, disposing us to the continuous search for eternal goods

May we learn from Him that prayer is primarily listening

Only love can silence hate

For those who have given their lives serving the sick

Going against the current

Every saint is a message

God does not hide himself from those who seek him with a sincere heart

Jesus challenges us to put aside all differences and, in the face of suffering, to draw near to others with no questions asked

Respond to evil with good

May God enlighten hearts

His loving dialogue

Those who love may be sure that none of their acts of love will be lost. All of these enfold our world like a vital force.

Kindness frees us from the cruelty that at times infects human relationships

Constant search of social harmony through the promotion of justice and the common good

What is not expressed in love of neighbour is not true love of God

If we want true integral human development for all, war must be avoided, ensuring the rule of law and tireless recourse to negotiation and arbitration

Life without fraternal gratuitousness becomes a form of frenetic commerce, constantly weighing what we give and what we get back

His passion for life and fascination with the mystery of God, of the world and of humankind

He alone has words of life, of eternal life

Those who adore God, love His children

Let us become creative artisans of peace, let us build social friendship, let us make our own the culture of dialogue

Enough of swords, weapons, violence and war!

The “gospel” of save yourself is not the Gospel of salvation

Pray fervently for peace, never resigned to war, but working with the gentle strength of faith to end conflicts

Pray for unity and peace

A service of love for the common good

In the mission of evangelization, you move because the Holy Spirit pushes you

The Rosary is a weapon that protects us from evil and temptation

Nowadays we are either all saved together or no one is saved

A courageous decision? Using the money spent on weapons for a “global Fund” to defeat hunger

We are all responsible

Education bears within itself a seed of hope

A global pact on education for and with future generations

Prayer is an expression of friendship with God who always loves us

He knows what we need and will give us what is good for us

Tenderness is the path of choice for the strongest, most courageous men and women

True happiness is found by putting God in first place and serving Him in our brothers and sisters, especially the least

I am near

The garment of Mercy, which God offers us unceasingly, is the free gift of His Love

If I can help at least one person to have a better life, that already justifies the offering of my life

We achieve fulfilment when we break down walls

The immense dignity of the human person is not based on circumstances but on the intrinsic worth of their being

All Christians and people of good will are today called to work not only for the abolition of the death penalty in all its forms, but also to work for the improvement of prison conditions, out of respect for the human dignity of persons deprived of their freedom

Our love for others, for who they are, moves us to seek the best for their lives

Love takes first place: love must never be put at risk, and the greatest danger lies in failing to love

The Laity

Building fraternity

The guarantee of an authentic openness to God is a way of practising the faith that helps open our hearts to our brothers and sisters

A new world, where all of us are brothers and sisters, where there is room for all our societies discard, where justice and peace are resplendent

Without an openness to the Father of all, there will be no solid and stable reasons for an appeal to fraternity

The proof of prayer is real love for our neighbour

Children of the same earth which is our common home, each of us bringing the richness of his or her beliefs and convictions, each of us with his or her own voice, brothers and sisters all

The rebirth of a universal aspiration to fraternity

We cannot be indifferent to suffering

The existence of each and every individual is deeply tied to that of others: life is not simply time that passes; life is a time for interactions

We need to think of ourselves more and more as a single family dwelling in a common home

Love, simplicity and joy

Fratelli Tutti

God awaits the fruit of His vineyard from those He has sent to work in it

A glimpse of His infinite beauty and goodness

A new vision of fraternity and social friendship

The effort to build a more just society implies the capacity of fraternity

Le cœur de Dieu

 




"Lorsque vous rencontrez quelqu'un,

lorsque une personne vous énerve,

lorsque l'envie vous prend de critiquer ou de juger tel homme ou telle femme,

rappelez vous,

que vous ne connaissez pas la place qu'à cette personne

dans le cœur de Dieu ."

de LUIS ANSA

Thursday 12 November 2020

Sustainable and integral development

Members of a single family!

The little way of love: not to let the possibility of offering a smile to slip by, or any small gesture that sows peace and friendship