Inspiring Pope Francis Quotes On Family, Love, Youth, Prayer

Pope Francis is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century. This Pope Francis Quotes on education, joy, fasting, prayer will motivate you.

Best Pope Francis Quotes

1. It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words but with our actions. ~ Pope Francis
2. Having faith does not mean having no difficulties, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone. ~ Pope Francis
3. The world tells us to seek success, power, and money; God tells us to seek humility, service, and love. ~ Pope Francis
4. You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works. ~ Pope Francis, Pope Francis quotes on prayer
5. Holiness doesn’t mean doing extraordinary things but doing ordinary things with love and faith. ~ Pope Francis
6. To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us. ~ Pope Francis
7. Dear young people, do not bury your talents, the gifts that God has given you! Do not be afraid to dream of great things! ~ Pope Francis
8. Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us. ~ Pope Francis
9. The perfect family doesn’t exist, nor is there a perfect husband or a perfect wife, and let’s not talk about the perfect mother-in-law! It’s just us sinners. A healthy family life requires frequent use of three phrases: “May I? Thank you, and I’m sorry” and “never, never, never end the day without making peace.” ~ Pope Francis, Pope Francis quotes on family
10. With Christ as the center of your life, you will never be disappointed. ~ Pope Francis

11. Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved, and forgiven. ~ Pope Francis

12. All it takes is one good person to restore hope. ~ Pope Francis
13. There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us. ~ Pope Francis
14. Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker … the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless, and strangers, because we will be judged on this. ~ Pope Francis
15. The Earth is our environment to protect and the garden to tend to. ~ Pope Francis
16. Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others. To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope; it is to let a shaft of light break through the heavy clouds; it is to bring the warmth of hope! ~ Pope Francis

17. Don’t let anyone rob you of hope. ~ Pope Francis

18. Each one of us is called to be an artisan of peace, by uniting and not dividing, by extinguishing hatred and not holding on to it, by opening paths to dialogue and not by constructing new walls! ~ Pope Francis
19. Take good care of creation. St. Francis wanted that. People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don’t take care of the environment, there’s no way of getting around it. ~ Pope Francis
20. How marvelous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others! ~ Pope Francis
21. The great danger in today’s world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet covetous heart, the feverish pursuit of frivolous pleasures, and a blunted conscience. Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor. ~ Pope Francis
22. Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity ~ Pope Francis
23. I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner. ~ Pope Francis

24. Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy. ~ Pope Francis

25. Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for being more ~ Pope Francis
26. The love of God is not generic. God looks with love upon every man and woman, calling them by name. ~ Pope Francis, Pope Francis quotes on love
27. I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else. ~ Pope Francis
28. Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins. ~ Pope Francis
29. To be saints is not a privilege for a few, but a vocation for everyone. ~ Pope Francis
30. If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves. ~ Pope Francis
31. But always think this: do not be afraid of failure. Do not be afraid of falling. In the art of walking, what is important is not avoiding the fall but not remaining fallen. ~ Pope Francis
32. There is so much noise in the world! May we learn to be silent in our hearts and before God. ~ Pope Francis
33. Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey. ~ Pope Francis
34. In the poor and outcast, we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ. ~ Pope Francis
35. A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just. ~ Pope Francis

36. Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need. ~ Pope Francis

37. Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling, and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality. ~ Pope Francis
38. And with a little sense of humor, we can say that there are Christian bats who prefer the shadows to the light of the presence of the Lord. ~ Pope Francis
39. 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
40. I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting, and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security. ~ Pope Francis
41. If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has goodwill, then who am I to judge him? … The problem is not having this tendency, no, we must be brothers and sisters to one another. The problem is in making a lobby of this tendency: a lobby of misers, a lobby of politicians, a lobby of masons, so many lobbies. ~ Pope Francis

42. Lord, teach us to step outside ourselves. Teach us to go out into the streets and manifest your love. ~ Pope Francis

43. Evangelization does not consist in proselytizing, for proselytizing is a caricature of evangelization, but rather evangelizing entails attracting by our witness those who are far off, it means humbly drawing near to those who feel distant from God in the Church, drawing near to those who feel judged and condemned outright by those who consider themselves to be perfect and pure. ~ Pope Francis
44. The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts. ~ Pope Francis
45. The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty! ~ Pope Francis

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