Deus caritas est. God is love. Deus é amor. Dios es amor. Dieu est amour. Dio è amore. A Catholic blog in English, Sometimes also in Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian.
Saturday, 26 January 2019
Thursday, 24 January 2019
We have been loved with a profound love that we neither can nor want to keep quiet about a love that challenges us to respond in the same way: with love
What prompts us to encounter each other in this WYD? The certainty of knowing that we have been loved with a profound love that we neither can nor want to keep quiet about a love that challenges us to respond in the same way: with love. #Panama2019
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 24, 2019
This is the network we want
This is the network we want, a network created not to entrap, but to liberate, to protect a communion of people who are free. https://t.co/qZ9XI2rDPe
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 24, 2019
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
I ask you to pray
I am leaving for the World Youth Day in Panama. I ask you to pray for this very beautiful and important event on the path of the Church.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 23, 2019
Saying “yes” to God’s love
Saying “yes” to God’s love is the first step to being happy, and to making many other people happy.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 22, 2019
Meekness, humility, patience in suffering, love for justice, ability to endure persecution, not judging others
The Christian way is that of the Beatitudes: meekness, humility, patience in suffering, love for justice, ability to endure persecution, not judging others... #SantaMarta
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 21, 2019
What will remain on the threshold of eternity
What will remain on the threshold of eternity is not how much we earned, but how much we gave away.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 20, 2019
Prayer from a humble heart
Prayer from a humble heart is heard by God.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 19, 2019
Christian Unity
Today marks the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: all of us are asked to implore from God this great gift.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 18, 2019
Thursday, 17 January 2019
Let us be careful not to have a perverse heart that leads to cowardice
Let us be careful not to have a perverse heart that leads to cowardice; an obstinate heart that leads to being shut off; a heart that is slave to the seduction that leads to a Christian life of compromise. #SantaMarta
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 17 janvier 2019
The Spirit cannot be confined with simple reasoning
The Spirit of God speaks freely to each person through feelings and thoughts. The Spirit cannot be confined with simple reasoning, but must be welcomed with the heart!
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 16 janvier 2019
We draw patient and compassionate love
Don’t let the sufferings you see frighten you. Place them before the Crucifix and the Eucharist from which we draw patient and compassionate love.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 15 janvier 2019
Today let us try to think of some gift we can offer freely
Let us look at our hands, often so empty of love, and today let us try to think of some gift we can offer freely.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 14 janvier 2019
Sunday, 13 January 2019
Baptism is the best gift we have received
Baptism is the best gift we have received. Through it, we belong to God and we possess the joy of salvation.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 13 janvier 2019
Smallness is freedom. One who is small is unencumbered and free from any urge to show off, and from any claim to success
Smallness is freedom. One who is small, in the Gospel sense, is unencumbered and free from any urge to show off, and from any claim to success.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 12 janvier 2019
The first step in prayer is to be humble
The first step in prayer is to be humble, go to the Father and say: “Look at me, I am a sinner.” And the Lord listens.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 11 janvier 2019
Thursday, 10 January 2019
The spirit of the world is conquered with the spirit of faith
The spirit of the world is conquered with the spirit of faith: believing that God is really in the brother and sister who are close to me. #SantaMarta
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 10, 2019
Tears of compassion purify hearts and feelings
Do not be afraid to weep when you encounter difficult situations: tears are drops that irrigate life. Tears of compassion purify hearts and feelings.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 9, 2019
Love means putting your heart on the line for others
Love does not tolerate indifference; love is compassionate. Love means putting your heart on the line for others. #SantaMarta
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 8, 2019
