Saturday, 24 February 2024

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War is always a defeat. Wherever fighting occurs, people are exhausted. Let us #PrayTogether tirelessly, because prayer is effective. May w...
Thursday, 22 February 2024

Sintra blog: Fleet Foxes - in the morning solstice version cove...

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Sintra blog: Fleet Foxes - in the morning solstice version cove... : "Despite its billing – “a very lonely solstice” – this live stre...
Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Sintra blog: Robert Wyatt - the age of self, 1985

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Sintra blog: Robert Wyatt - the age of self, 1985 :   "the targets he has chosen are slippery, ambiguous ones; the treacherous duplic...

Sintra blog: Genesis - the carpet crawlers, 1974

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Sintra blog: Genesis - the carpet crawlers, 1974 : "The Genesis song, whose lyrics were written by Peter Gabriel, has a dense, religi...
Tuesday, 10 August 2021

They are people

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I am extremely sad over the tragedy that has once again taken place in the Mediterranean. 130 migrants died in the sea. They are people. The...

Nearness, compassion and tenderness

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As the Good Shepherd, Jesus consoles his shepherds. If you remain close to the Lord, to the bishop, among yourselves, and to the people of G...

No one should be lost

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Jesus the #GoodShepherd defends, knows, and above all loves his sheep. This is why He gives His life for them. Love for his sheep, for each...

Do not be afraid!

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Do not be afraid: these are words the Lord addresses to you, dear sister and brother, whenever you feel you can no longer delay your desire ...

May he help everyone

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St Joseph is an outstanding example of accepting God’s plans. May he help everyone, especially those who are discerning, to make God’s dream...

Open, capable of great initiatives, generous, compassionate in comforting anxieties and steadfast in strengthening hopes

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The Lord wants to shape the hearts of fathers and mothers to be open, capable of great initiatives, generous, compassionate in comforting an...

The lesson learned from the recent pandemic is the awareness that we are a global community, all in the same boat

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How do we prevent conflicts? No people, no social group, can single-handedly achieve #peace , prosperity, security and happiness. None. The ...
Sunday, 8 August 2021

The secret of life: we come to possess it only by giving it away

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The Lord of life wants us to be full of life, and he tells us the secret of life: we come to possess it only by giving it away. — Pope Franc...

The fullness of life and of joy is found by giving oneself for our brothers and sisters, with openness, welcoming and goodness

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The fullness of life and of joy is found by giving oneself for the Gospel and for our brothers and sisters, with openness, welcoming and goo...

We need to heal the damaged relationships that are essential to supporting us and the entire fabric of life

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We have broken the bonds of our relationship with the Creator, with our fellow human beings, and with the rest of creation. We need to heal ...

Let us not abandon the simple prayers we learned in our families as children that we preserve in our memories and hearts

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Let us not abandon the simple prayers we learned in our families as children that we preserve in our memories and hearts. They are sure ways...

You are precious and unique in His eyes

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For God, you are that little coin that the Lord seeks without pause. He wants to tell you that you are precious and unique in His eyes. No o...

God does not give up

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God does not give up. You are close to His heart, you who do not yet know the beauty of His love, you who have not yet welcomed Jesus as the...

Reciprocal trust, reconciliation and peace

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I invite you to pray for the population of eastern Ukraine. I truly hope that an escalation of the tensions might be avoided and, instead, t...

A living relationship

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Being Christian is not first of all a doctrine or a moral ideal; it is a living relationship with the Risen Lord. #GospelOfTheDay — Pope Fra...

Only the love can transform our life and set us free from the vicious circles of disappointment, anger and constant complaint

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Only the love of Jesus can transform our life, heal our deepest hurts and set us free from the vicious circles of disappointment, anger and ...

Great numbers of children continue to live in inhuman situations, exploited, maltreated, enslaved, refugees

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Sadly, in this world, with all its highly developed technology, great numbers of children continue to live in inhuman situations, exploited,...
Saturday, 7 August 2021

Even death trembles when a Christian prays

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Even death trembles when a Christian prays, because it knows that everyone who prays has an ally who is stronger than it: the Risen Lord. #P...

We grow in faith inasmuch as we learn to pray

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The breath of faith is #prayer : we grow in faith inasmuch as we learn to pray. #GeneralAudience https://t.co/PKTt04jgfs — Pope Francis (@P...

Peace be with you!

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In the midst of the contradictions and perplexities we must confront each day, the din of so many words and opinions, there is the quiet voi...

He lifts us back up after our falls

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Jesus is the Risen One, the Lord who passed through death in order to lead us to safety. Even before we begin to seek Him, He is present bes...

Mercy is made tangible, it becomes closeness, service, care for those in difficulty

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Mercy is made tangible, it becomes closeness, service, care for those in difficulty. I hope you will always feel you have been granted mercy...

Let us be renewed by the peace, forgiveness and wounds of the merciful Jesus

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So let us be renewed by the peace, forgiveness and wounds of the merciful Jesus. Only in this way will our faith be alive. Only in this way ...

Let us not live a one-way faith, a faith that receives but does not give. Having received mercy, let us now become merciful

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Today is the day to ask, “Am I, who have so often received God’s mercy, merciful to others?” Let us not live a one-way faith, a faith that r...

The wounds of Jesus are open channels between him and us, shedding mercy upon our misery

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The wounds of Jesus are open channels between him and us, shedding mercy upon our misery. They are pathways that God has opened up for us to...
Thursday, 15 July 2021

In our failings He sees children to help up; in our misery He sees children in need of His merciful love

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The Lord does not want us to keep thinking about our failings. He wants us to look to Him. In our failings He sees children to help up; in o...

Peacemakers and witnesses of hope

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The Lord calls us to cooperate in the construction of history, becoming, together with Him, peacemakers and witnesses of hope in a future of...

The feast of salvation

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#Easter is the most important feast of our faith because it is the feast of our salvation, the feast of God's love for us. — Pope Franc...

The first way to pray for someone is to speak to God about him or her

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The first way to pray for someone is to speak to God about him or her. If we do this frequently, each day, our hearts are not closed, but op...

Only together can we build a more just and health world

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Everyone needs assistance, especially the most vulnerable. Only together can we build a more just and health world. All of us are called to ...

Defending fundamental human rights

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pic.twitter.com/N3IOv27C39 — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) April 6, 2021

Never lose hope

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In these dark months of the #pandemic , let us listen to the Risen Lord as he invites us to begin anew and never lose hope. #Easter — Pope F...

To find Christ means to discover peace in our hearts

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Let us never tire of seeking the risen Christ who gives life in abundance to those who meet him. To find Christ means to discover peace in o...

Too many wars and too much violence in the world!

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There are still too many wars and too much violence in the world! May the Lord, who is our peace, help us to overcome the mindset of war. ht...

Where there was death, now there is life

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Amid the many hardships we are enduring, let us never forget that we have been healed by the wounds of Christ. In the light of the Risen Lor...

If on this night you are experiencing an hour of darkness, a day that has not yet dawned, a light dimmed or a dream shattered, open your heart with amazement to the message

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Dear brother, dear sister: if on this night you are experiencing an hour of darkness, a day that has not yet dawned, a light dimmed or a dre...

He invites us to overcome barriers, banish prejudices and draw near to those around us every day in order to rediscover the grace of everyday life

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This is the third message of #Easter : Jesus, the Risen Lord, loves us without limits and is there at every moment of our lives. He invites ...

He walks beside you each day, in every situation you are experiencing, in every trial you have to endure, in your deepest hopes and dreams

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This is the second message of #Easter : faith is not an album of past memories; Jesus is not outdated. He is alive here and now. He walks be...

It is always possible to begin anew, because there is a new life that God can awaken in us in spite of all our failures

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This is the first #Easter message that I would offer you: it is always possible to begin anew, because there is a new life that God can awa...

The disarmed and disarming power of love

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From the cross God reigns with the disarmed and disarming power of love. He continues to amaze our minds and hearts. Let us allow ourselves ...

In those gashes, we recognize our emptiness, our shortcomings

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Jesus's cross is God's silent throne. Let us daily contemplate his wounds. In those gashes, we recognize our emptiness, our shortcom...

The cross expresses love, service, unreserved self-giving

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The cross expresses love, service, unreserved self-giving: it truly is the “tree of life”, of overabundant life. #GoodFriday — Pope Francis ...

A gift

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The Eucharist is Jesus himself who gives himself entirely to us. Nourishing ourselves of Him and abiding in Him through Eucharistic Communio...

The power of the cross

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The preaching of the Gospel is effective not because of our eloquent words but because of the power of the cross (cf. 1 Cor 1:17). #ChrismMa...