Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Be generous

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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, ...

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

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I pray for the victims of the horrible attack against two mosques in #Christchurch , New Zealand. I renew my invitation for prayer and gestu...

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

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Prayer reconnects us to God, charity to our neighbor, fasting to ourselves. God, my brothers and sisters, my life: these are the realities t...

Lent is a journey of returning to the essential

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

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

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#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...
Thursday, 14 March 2019

The week of Spiritual Exercises

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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 Spi...

Only those who leave behind their earthly attachments

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Only those who leave behind their earthly attachments in order to set out will find the mystery of God. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 9, ...

Women make the world beautiful

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Women make the world beautiful, they protect it and keep it alive. They bring the grace of renewal, the embrace of inclusion, and the courag...

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

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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...

The Lenten journey begins

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The Lenten journey begins today, Ash Wednesday. I invite each of you to live this time in an authentic spirit of penance and conversion, lik...

Let us pray

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pic.twitter.com/ib8t4TG2tv — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 5, 2019

Prayer gives consistency and vitality to everything

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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

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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 fe...

He will open up a new path

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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...

In order to pray well

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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

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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 gest...

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

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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 purifica...
Wednesday, 13 March 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.

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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...

If you believe in God

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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...

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

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Religious life consists in loving God with all your heart, and your neighbour as yourself. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 26, 2019