Pope Francis January 2020Promotion of World Peace We pray that Christians, followers of other religions, and all people of goodwill may promote together peace and justice in the world. In a divided and fragmented world, I want to invite all believers, and also all people of good will, to reconciliation and fraternity. Pope Francis General Audience 22.01.20 Christian Unity  Hospitality is important; and it is also an important ecumenical virtue. First of all, it means acknowledging that other Christians are truly our brothers and sisters in Christ. We're brothers. Welcoming Christians of another tradition means firstly showing God's love to them, because they are children of God – our brothers – and also means welcoming what God has accomplished in their lives. Ecumenical hospitality requires a willingness to listen to others, paying attention to their personal stories of faith and the history of their community, communities of faith with another tradition other than our own. We, as Christians, must work together to show migrants the love of God revealed by Jesus Christ. Working together to live ecumenical hospitality, especially towards those whose lives are most vulnerable, will make us all Christians – Protestants, Orthodox, Catholics, all Christians – better human beings, better disciples and a Christian people that is more united. It will bring us ever closer to unity, which is God's will for us. Pope Francis Message to United Nations Climate Change Conference COP25 01.12.19  The recent Special Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that the current commitments made by States to mitigate and adapt to climate change are far from those actually needed to achieve the goals set by the Paris Agreement. They demonstrate how far words are from concrete actions! We must seriously ask ourselves if there is the political will to allocate with honesty, responsibility and courage, more human, financial and technological resources to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, as well as to help the poorest and most vulnerable populations who suffer from them the most. Numerous studies tell us that it is still possible to limit global warming. To do this we need a clear, far-sighted and strong political will, set on pursuing a new course that aims at refocusing financial and economic investments toward those areas that truly safeguard the conditions of a life worthy of humanity on a "healthy" planet for today and tomorrow. There remains a window of opportunity, but we must not allow it to close. Young people today show a heightened sensitivity to the complex problems that arise from this "emergency". We must not place the burden on the next generations to take on the problems caused by the previous ones. Instead, we should give them the opportunity to remember our generation as the one that renewed and acted on - with honest, responsible and courageous awareness - the fundamental need to collaborate in order to preserve and cultivate our common home. May we offer the next generation concrete reasons to hope and work for a good and dignified future! I hope that this spirit will animate the work of COP25, for which I wish every success. Pope Francis - Christ is Alive!
Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world, and everything he touches becomes young, new, full of life. The very first words, then, that I would like to say to every young Christian are these: Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive! |  100 inspiring Quotes from Pope Francis listed in Subject order with the date and occasion when the quote was made Pope Francis Sunday of the Word of God 26.01.20  Change your life, for a new way of living has begun. The time when you lived for yourself is over; now is the time for living with and for God, with and for others, with and for love. The Lord gives you his word, so that you can receive it like a love letter he has written to you, to help you realize that he is at your side. His word consoles and encourages us. At the same time it challenges us, frees us from the bondage of our selfishness and summons us to conversion. Because his word has the power to change our lives and to lead us out of darkness into the light. This is the power of his word. The word of salvation does not go looking for untouched, clean and safe places. Instead, it enters the complex and obscure places in our lives. He is not afraid to explore the terrain of our hearts and to enter the roughest and most difficult corners of our lives. He knows that his mercy alone can heal us, his presence alone can transform us and his word alone can renew us. So let us open the winding paths of our hearts. To follow Jesus, mere good works are not enough; we have to listen daily to his call. That is why we need his word: so that we can hear, amid the thousands of other words in our daily lives, that one word that speaks to us not about things, but about life. Each day, let us read a verse or two of the Bible. Let us begin with the Gospel: let us keep it open on our table, carry it in our pocket or bag, read it on our cell phones, and allow it to inspire us daily. We will discover that God is close to us, that he dispels our darkness and, with great love, leads our lives into deep waters. Pope Francis Angelus 26.01.20  Often it seems impossible to change ones life, to abandon the path of selfishness, evil, and to abandon the path of sin because our commitment to conversion is focused only on ourselves and on our own strength, and not on Christ and His Spirit. But our adherence to the Lord cannot be reduced to a mere personal effort, no . It must be expressed in a confident openness of heart and mind in order to receive the Good News of Jesus. It is this – the Word of Jesus, the Good News of Jesus, the Gospel – that changes the world and hearts! Pope Francis Peace Message 01.01.20  Peace is a great and precious value, the object of our hope and the aspiration of the entire human family...Hope is thus the virtue that inspires us and keeps us moving forward, even when obstacles seem insurmountable... We need to pursue a genuine fraternity based on our common origin from God and exercised in dialogue and mutual trust. … When we learn to live in forgiveness, we grow in our capacity to become men and women of peace... . There can be no true peace unless we show ourselves capable of developing a more just economic system... Faced with the consequences of our hostility towards others, our lack of respect for our common home or our abusive exploitation of natural resources – seen only as a source of immediate profit, regardless of local communities, the common good and nature itself – we are in need of an ecological conversion... Subject Index of Homilies | The Gospel in your pocket "How do we receive the Word of God?”. The response is clear: “As one receives Jesus Christ. The Church tells us that Jesus is present in the Scripture, in His Word”. "Always carry a small Gospel with you in your purse, in your pocket, and read a passage from the Gospel during the day. Not so much “to learn” something, but mostly “to find Jesus, because Jesus actually is in His Word, in His Gospel”. “Every time I read the Gospel, I find Jesus”. - Pope Francis 01.09.14 Daily Readings - read the entire New Testament over a 2 year period (reading plan courtesy of Gideon International) Pope Francis - Holy Mass, Santa Marta (Domus Sanctae Marthae) 20.01.20  When you insist on doing things your own way in the face of the Lord’s will, you are an idolater, because you prefer what you think, that idol, to the will of the Lord. The newness of the Word of the Lord always wins, it is better than everything. It overcomes idolatry, it overcomes pride, and it overcomes this attitude of being too sure of ourselves. Being a good Christian means being docile to the Word of the Lord, listening to what the Lord says about justice, charity, forgiveness, and mercy; and not being inconsistent in life. Pope Francis - Holy Mass, Santa Marta (Domus Sanctae Marthae) 17.01.20  It is a simple thing that Jesus teaches us when he goes to the essentials. The essential is health, of both the body and soul. We care well for the body, but also for the soul. And let's go to that Doctor who can heal us, who can forgive sins. Jesus came for this, gave His life for this. Pope Francis - Holy Mass, Santa Marta (Domus Sanctae Marthae) 16.01.20  The phrase, “If you will…” is a prayer that gets God’s attention. It is a challenge, but also an act of confidence: I know that He can do it, and so I entrust myself to Him. Compassion is suffering with, taking the suffering of the other person upon yourself in order to resolve it, to heal it. And this was the mission of Jesus. Jesus did not come to preach the law and then leave. Jesus came in compassion, that is, to suffer with and for us and to give us life itself. The love of Jesus is so great that compassion led Him precisely to the Cross, to give His life. Pope Francis Sunday of the Word of God  "He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Lk 24:45). |
