Pope Francis - God Quotes

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Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.

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God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.

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All revealed truths derive from the same divine source and are to be believed with the same faith, yet some of them are more important for giving direct expression to the heart of the Gospel. In this basic core, what shines forth is the beauty of the saving love of God made manifest in Jesus Christ who died and rose from the dead.

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The Cross is the Word through which God has responded to evil in the world.

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Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God.

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Every Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she bears witness to God's love. Be missionaries of God's tenderness!

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It is the attitude of some leaders of God's people; they continually scold others, hurl reproaches at them, tell them to be quiet.... 'Madam, take your crying child out of the church as I am preaching.' As if the cries of a child were not a sublime homily.

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The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.

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When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.

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God asks everything of us, yet at the same time he offers everything to us.

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A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties.

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Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey. To those who suffer, God does not provide arguments which explain everything; rather, his response is that of an accompanying presence, a history of goodness which touches every story of suffering and opens up a ray of light.

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The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.

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We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.

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Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families.

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To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents.

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The presence of the devil is on the first page of the Bible, and the Bible ends as well with the presence of the devil, with the victory of God over the devil.

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Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God and love of all things in God - this is the sign that you are on this right path.

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How many kinds of moral and material poverty we face today as a result of denying God and putting so many idols in his place!

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This task entrusted to us by God the Creator requires us to grasp the rhythm and logic of creation. But we are often driven by pride of domination, of possessions, manipulation, of exploitation; we do not "care" for it, we do not respect it, we do not consider it as a free gift that we must care for.

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Take care of God's creation. But above all, take care of people in need.

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In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could lead to a hardness of heart, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of the boundless love of God, in order to experience his tenderness

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Before God and his people I express my sorrow for the sins and grave crimes of clerical sexual abuse committed against you. And I humbly ask forgiveness.

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I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person's life. God is in everyone's life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else - God is in this person's life. You can - you must - try to seek God in every human life.

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Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

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Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life.

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Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor.

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If a person is gay and seeks God and has goodwill, who am I to judge him?

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Today let us all ask ourselves whether we are afraid of what God might ask, or of what he does ask.... Do I truly let God into my life? How do I answer him?

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The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.

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