--- title: "10 Guides Quotes By Pope Francis" description: "10 Guides quotes by Pope Francis. Plus more from Pope Francis and more Guides sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/pope-francis-85_darkness_do-not-be-afraid-our-father-is-patient-h_1748753.png" --- > [Do not be afraid! Our Father is patient, he loves us, he gives us Jesus to guide us on the way which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/do-not-be-afraid-our-father-is-patient-he-loves-us-he-gives-us-jesus/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/pope-francis-85_darkness_do-not-be-afraid-our-father-is-patient-h_1748753.png) > [Fathers are so necessary as examples and guides for our children in wisdom and virtue. Without father figures, young people often feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/fathers-are-so-necessary-as-examples-and-guides-for-our-children-in/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/pope-francis-85_adrift_fathers-are-so-necessary-as-examples-and_3140533.png) > [Let us never forget that it is the Lord who guides the Church. He is the one who makes our apostolates fruitful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/let-us-never-forget-that-it-is-the-lord-who-guides-the-church-he-is/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/pope-francis-85_church_let-us-never-forget-that-it-is-the-lord_3051192.png) > [Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/faith-is-not-a-light-which-scatters-all-our-darkness-but-a-lamp-which/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/pope-francis-85_darkness_faith-is-not-a-light-which-scatters-all_585780.png) > [We too need to protect, guide, and encourage our young people, helping them to build a society worthy of their great spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-too-need-to-protect-guide-and-encourage-our-young-people-helping/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/pope-francis-85_allowing_we-too-need-to-protect-guide-and-encoura_2642480.png) > [My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/my-choices-including-those-related-to-the-day-to-day-aspects-of-life/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/pope-francis-85_arise_my-choices-including-those-related-to-th_1739165.png) > [Worshipping the Lord means giving him the place that he must have; worshipping the Lord means stating, believing-not only by our words-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/worshipping-the-lord-means-giving-him-the-place-that-he-must-have/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/pope-francis-85_believe_worshipping-the-lord-means-giving-him-th_833995.jpg) > [Once capital becomes an idol and guides people's decisions, once greed for money presides over the entire socioeconomic system, it ruins society,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/once-capital-becomes-an-idol-and-guides-people-s-decisions-once-greed/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/101/pope-francis-85_common_once-capital-becomes-an-idol-and-guides_1370737.png) > [Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/faith-is-not-a-light-which-scatters-all-our-darkness-but-a-lamp-which-2/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/pope-francis-85_argument_faith-is-not-a-light-which-scatters-all_1170562.png) > [So let us ask ourselves this evening, in adoring Christ who is really present in the Eucharist: do I let myself be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/so-let-us-ask-ourselves-this-evening-in-adoring-christ-who-is-really/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/pope-francis-85_asks_so-let-us-ask-ourselves-this-evening-in_1107282.png) ## Other authors on Guides ## More by Pope Francis > [God reveals Himself through surprises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/god-reveals-himself-through-surprises/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/god-s-faithfulness-is-stronger-than-our-unfaithfulness-and-our/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/have-the-courage-to-go-against-the-tide-of-current-values-that-do-not/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [“Most people nowadays would not consider love as related in any way to truth. Love is seen as an experience associated with the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/most-people-nowadays-would-not-consider-love-as-related-in-any-way-to/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/the-family-remains-the-basic-unit-of-society-and-the-first-school-in/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/listen-to-jesus-and-follow-him-that-s-the-message-of-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Proceed calmly in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/proceed-calmly-in-life/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-like-to-say-that-women-are-those-who-form-life-in-their-wombs-and/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [You cannot insult the faith of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/you-cannot-insult-the-faith-of-others/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy which spurs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-want-to-remind-priests-that-the-confessional-must-not-be-a-torture/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/to-all-people-of-good-will-who-are-working-for-social-justice-never/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/in-confession-jesus-welcomes-us-with-all-our-sinfulness-to-give-us-a/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-pray-every-day-for-all-who-are-suffering-in-iraq-please-join-me/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to bear their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-entrust-this-twenty-second-world-day-of-the-sick-to-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/certain-realities-in-life-are-only-seen-through-eyes-that-are/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guides/pope-francis/#itemlist", "name": "10 Guides Quotes By Pope Francis", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do not be afraid! Our Father is patient, he loves us, he gives us Jesus to guide us on the way which leads to the promised land. Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness. 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Do I let the Lord who gives himself to me, guide me to going out ever more from my little enclosure, in order to give, to share, to love him and others? Brothers and sisters, following, communion, sharing. Let us pray that participation in the Eucharist may always be an incentive: to follow the Lord every day, to be instruments of communion and to share what we are with him and with our neighbour. 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