“Humility is the only way that leads us to God.”
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Pope Francis: Don’t be afraid of silence.
“Profoundness of the heart grows with silence, silence that is not mutism as I said, but which leaves space for wisdom, reflection and the Holy Spirit.”
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Cardinal Czerny: Theology must be grounded in pastoral experience
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., in a speech at Regis College in Toronto, said that pastoral experience, more than any church document, should be the material of theological reflection.
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Pope Francis in Lesbos: The root causes of the migration crisis ‘should be attacked,’ not migrants
“Five years have passed since I visited this place with my dear brothers Bartholomew and Ieronymos. After all this time, we see that little has changed with regard to the issue of migration.”
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Pope Francis: Never go to bed angry at your spouse (the example of Mary and Joseph can help)
“We fought. My God, I said bad words. I said awful things. But now, to finish the day, I must make peace”. You know why? Because the cold war the next day is very dangerous.
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Pope Francis: Feeling lonely or abandoned? Pray to St. Joseph.
“Everyone can find in St. Joseph—the man who goes unnoticed, the man of daily presence, of discreet and hidden presence—an intercessor, a support and a guide in times of difficulty.”
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Pope Francis: St. Joseph teaches us to love the people the world rejects
Joseph teaches us this: “Do not look so much at the things that the world praises, look into the corners, look in the shadows, look at the peripheries, at what the world does not want.”
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Pope Francis: We all know how to pray to God the Father and Jesus. But what about the Holy Spirit?
The prayer to the Holy Spirit is spontaneous: it needs to come from your heart. In difficult moments, you need to ask: “Holy Spirit, come.”
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Pope Francis: ‘Take a look at yourself!’ before criticizing other people
“How easy it is to criticize others!” Pope Francis said at his Nov. 3 general audience. “But there are people who seem to have a degree in gossip. Each and every day they criticize others.”
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Pope Francis’ COP26 message: ‘There is no time to waste’ on climate change
“The young, who in recent years have strongly urged us to act, will only inherit the planet we choose to leave to them,” the pope said in his message for the Glasgow climate conference.