Pope Francis Homilies

Pope Francis says God has given everybody a Guardian Angel to accompany us and offer advice and protection, an Angel to whom we should listen with meekness and respect. He was speaking during his homily at Mass on Friday (October 2) celebrated in the Santa Marta Residence.  Taking his cue from

The joy of the Lord is our strength, and in Him we discover who we really are: this was the focus of Pope Francis’ reflection following the readings of the day at Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta on Thursday morning, the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux. The Holy Father focused especi

Jesus, Pope Francis stressed, does not leave us orphaned, we have a mother who protects us.

Pope Francis pointed out that the devil “is cunning and he also has the ability to charm.”

September 11, 2015Santa MartaPope Francis says that we must learn to not judge others or we all risk becoming hypocrites including the Pope himself. At the same time, he said, we need to have the courage to acknowledge our own faults in order to become merciful towards others. The Pope’s comme

Priests who struggle to be merciful should not be hearing confessions, the pope said.

“Perhaps more than in the early days,” Pope Francis said, “[Christians] are persecuted, killed, driven out, despoiled, only because they are Christians.”

On Sept. 4, Pope Francis’s homily was a reflection on the need to sow peace rather than discord in our daily lives.

Papal homily from Sept. 3: the capacity to recognize ourselves as sinners opens us to the astonishment at the encounter with Jesus.

On Sept. 1, Pope Francis said Christians should comfort each other through good works and kind words and not with useless chatter.