Pope Speaks

Serve, not make use of

“Christian life is for service. It saddens us to find Christians who at the beginning of their conversion, or awareness of being Christian, serve and are open to serve the people of God, but who later end up making use of the people of God. This causes much harm to God’s people. Our vocation is […]

Open to the Communion of the Saints

“In every age, the Church is called to be the leaven of a reconciled humanity and the foreshadowing of a world of authentic justice and peace. In this way, she is enabled to live an authentic liturgical life, experiencing the Risen Lord’s presence in prayer and in the Eucharist, in order then to bring that […]

Triumphs over Pride and Divisiveness

“From the beginning, the Church appears as a communion, a community, the People of God. Christ’s choice of twelve Apostles shows the continuity between the Church and the people of Israel. After the defect-ion of Judas, the Apostles were conscious that his place in the Twelve had to be taken by another. Guided by Peter, […]

The poor are above all persons

“The poor are above all persons, and their faces conceal that of Christ himself. They are his flesh, signs of his crucified body, and we have the duty to reach them. They have to build a world where God is recognized as love, justice and peace; where solidarity is em-braced by all, so there are […]

Listen to the voice of the Lord

“Listen to the voice of the Lord so as not to end up with a hardened heart that discredits the Lord. Many times we are deaf and do not listen to the voice of the Lord, but always listen to the news and the gossip of the neighbourhood. Instead of listening and turning to Him, […]

Interrupt Evil

“Not everything in life is resolved by justice. Especially where it is necessary to put a stop to evil, someone must love beyond what is necessary, in order to restart a story of grace. Evil knows how to take revenge, and, if we do not interrupt it, [evil] risks spreading, suffocating the whole world.” Pope […]

None of us loves God as He loved us

“None of us loves God as He loved us. It is enough to put oneself before a crucifix to grasp the disproportion. Before God we are all sinners. If we say we are without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Pride is the most dangerous attitude of every Christian life. […]

NOT MY BUT OUR BREAD

“Seen in this light, Jesus’ words appear with even greater force, reminding us that Christian prayer is not an exercise for ascetics, but emerges from the needs of real people. The bread we are to seek, then, is not my but our bread. Jesus wants us to pray, not for ourselves but for our brothers […]

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