Faith is a gift that keeps alive a profound and beautiful certainty: that we are God’s beloved children.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 12 juillet 2019
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Sunday, 14 July 2019
Faith is a gift that keeps alive a profound and beautiful certainty
Every life is valuable, always
May God the Father welcome Vincent Lambert in His arms. Let us not build a civilization that discards persons those whose lives we no longer consider to be worthy of living: every life is valuable, always.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 11 juillet 2019
A society is human if it protects life, every life, from its beginning to its natural end
We pray for the sick who are abandoned and left to die. A society is human if it protects life, every life, from its beginning to its natural end, without choosing who is worthy to live or who is not. Doctors should serve life, not take it away.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 10 juillet 2019
This is not just about migrants
“This is not just about migrants”, in the twofold sense that migrants are first of all human persons, and that they are the symbol of all those rejected by today’s globalized society. https://t.co/C3rLYrgCnB
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 8 juillet 2019
My thoughts go out to those “least ones”
On this sixth anniversary of the visit to Lampedusa, my thoughts go out to those “least ones” who daily cry out to the Lord, asking to be freed from the evils that afflict them. https://t.co/C3rLYqZ0Z1
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 8 juillet 2019
The real joy
In today's Gospel Jesus tells us of the real joy of his disciples: "Rejoice because your names are written in heaven" (Lk 10, 20), that is, in the heart of God the Father.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 7 juillet 2019
We need people and institutions that defend the dignity of workers
We need people and institutions that defend the dignity of workers, the dignity of work and the good of the earth, our common home. #CoopsDay
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 6 juillet 2019
Saturday, 6 July 2019
In difficult times
In difficult times, even more than in times of peace, the priority for believers is to be united to Jesus, our hope.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) July 5, 2019
Through your attention to the little ones and to the poor
Through your attention to the little ones and to the poor, you can kindle stars in the night for those who suffer.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) July 2, 2019
It is the Word of life
The Bible is not just a beautiful book to keep on a shelf. It is the Word of life be sown, a gift that the Risen Jesus asks us to accept in order to have life in His name.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) July 1, 2019
We must always remember that life is a grace
We all go through difficult days at times, but we must always remember that life is a grace. It is the miracle that God drew forth from nothing.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 30, 2019
Holiness does not consist in exalting but rather humbling oneself
#StsPeterandPaul were transparent before God. Throughout life, they preserved this humility, to the very end. Both understood that holiness does not consist in exalting but rather humbling oneself.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 29, 2019
Friday, 28 June 2019
Every pastoral action may be sealed with the love that Christ has for every person
Pray for all Priests and for my Petrine Ministry, that every pastoral action may be sealed with the love that Christ has for every person. #SanctificationOfPriests
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 28 juin 2019
A mission of compassion for the world
Today we celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. I invite you to pray with me to be united to the Heart of Jesus and to enter together into a mission of compassion for the world.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 28 juin 2019
Let us go with confidence to Jesus
Jesus looks at us, loves us and awaits us. He is all heart and all mercy. Let us go with confidence to Jesus. He always forgives us. #SacredHeartofJesus
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 28 juin 2019
Blessed are those who have the courage to foster encounter and communion
Blessed are those who believe and who have the courage to foster encounter and communion.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 27 juin 2019
Acknowledge His living image in our brothers and sisters
How many times, in prayer, do we limit ourselves to asking for gifts and listing requests, forgetting that the first thing we should do is praise God’s name, adore Him, and then go on to acknowledge His living image in our brothers and sisters.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 26 juin 2019
The courage to embrace life with love as it comes, with all its fragility and smallness
Saying “yes” to the Lord means having the courage to embrace life with love as it comes, with all its fragility and smallness, with all its contradictions.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 25 juin 2019
A Church that does not want to draw attention to itself, but to Jesus Christ
The example of Saint John the Baptist invites us to be a Church that is always at the service of the Word of God; a Church that does not want to draw attention to itself, but to Jesus Christ.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) 24 juin 2019