Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pope Francis

We ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace. Yes, Christ is our peace, and through him to implore peace for all the world.

Pope Francis

The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you.

Pope Francis

Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.

Pope Francis

The fruits of this profound union with Jesus are marvelous: our whole being is transformed by the grace of the Holy Spirit: soul, intelligence, will, affections and even the body, because we are united in body and spirit.

Pope Francis

Fraternal love is the nearest testimony that we can give that Jesus is alive among us.

Pope Francis

One cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one’s life. Those who listen to us and observe us must be able to see in our actions what they hear from our lips, and so give glory to God!

Pope Francis

Christ’s love and friendship are no illusion. On the Cross Jesus showed how real they are.

Pope Francis

If we take the poor away from the Gospel, we won't be able to understand the whole message of Jesus Christ.

Pope Francis

More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: 'Give them something to eat.'

Pope Francis

We cannot trust in our own strength, but only in Jesus and in his mercy.

Pope Francis

Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord, who even before he was born, and then just after birth, experienced the world’s rejection. And every elderly person…even if he is ill or at the end of his days, bears the face of Christ. They cannot be discarded, as the ‘culture of waste’ suggests!

Pope Francis

Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

Pope Francis

Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world.

Pope Francis

Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out? And we do not let him out because of our own need for security, because so often we are locked into ephemeral structures that serve solely to make us slaves and not free children of God.

Pope Francis

Poverty calls us to sow hope.... Poverty is the flesh of the poor Jesus, in that child who is hungry, in the one who is sick, in those unjust social structures.

Pope Francis

Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

Pope Francis

Agape, the love of each one of us for the other, from the closest to the furthest, is in fact the only way that Jesus has given us to find the way of salvation and of the Beatitudes.

Pope Francis

Let us all remember this: one cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one's life.

Pope Francis

Every child that isn't born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.

Pope Francis

Jesus kept his wounds so that we would experience his mercy. This is our strength and our hope.

Pope Francis

Do not be afraid! Our Father is patient, he loves us, he gives us Jesus to guide us on the way which leads to the promised land. Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness. He is our peace.

Pope Francis

We must walk united with our differences: there is no other way to become one. This is the way of Jesus.

Pope Francis

That is why the center of our faith isn't just a book, but a history of Salvation, and above all, it's about a person: Jesus Christ, the Word of God made flesh.

Pope Francis

Let's return to our first love, in order to receive the fire which Jesus has kindled in the world and to bring that fire to all people, to the very ends of the earth.

Pope Francis

When Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need of repentance, or conversion: he did it to be among people who need forgiveness, among us sinners, and to take upon himself the burden of our sins.

Pope Francis

Holy Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty.

Pope Francis

Dear young people, please, don’t be observers of life, but get involved. Jesus did not remain an observer, but he immersed himself. Don’t be observers, but immerse yourself in the reality of life, as Jesus did.

Pope Francis

I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material things!

Pope Francis

This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.

Pope Francis

Be close tot he poor, the needy, to touch in their flesh the flesh of Jesus. Be close, please

Pope Francis

Let us pray to the Lord and ask him to protect the family in the crisis with which the devil wants to destroy it. Families are the domestic church where Jesus grows in the love of a married couple, in the lives of their children.

Pope Francis

Jesus is not a figure from the past: He continues now and always to light the way for us.

Pope Francis

There is never a reason to lose hope. Jesus says: “I am with you until the end of the world.