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Encounters Quotes by Pope Francis
- For just as some people want a purely spiritual Christ, without flesh and without the cross, they also want their interpersonal relationships provided by sophisticated…
- 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 us…
- The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus.
- Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.
- The Internet offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.
- It is neither a culture of confrontation nor a culture of conflict which builds harmony within and between peoples, but rather a culture of encounter…
- The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept His offer of salvation are set free…
- Each encounter with Jesus fills us with joy, with that deep joy which only God can give.
- To be an ambassador for Christ means to invite everyone to a personal encounter with Jesus
- I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him…
- Our life is not given to us like an opera libretto, in which all is written down; but it means going, walking, doing, searching, seeing....…
- Christ comes among us at Christmas: it is the perfect time for a personal encounter with the Lord.
- Each encounter with Jesus changes our life.
- I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace
- We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all costs, of giving…
- [T]he "home" represents the most precious human treasures, that of encounter, that of relations among people, different in age, culture and history, but who live…
- Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God.
- Sin is not a stain that I must wash out. What I need to do is ask forgiveness and reconcile myself, not go to the…
- We are called to be 'ambassadors for Christ' (2 Cor 5:20). Ours is a ministry of reconciliation ... To be an ambassador for Christ means…
More Encounters Quotes
- I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader.… — Margaret Atwood
- Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles,… — Sai Baba
- As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say. — Antonio Banderas
- The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate… — David Brin
- The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible… — Alvar Aalto
- Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing… — Albert Camus
- Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. — Nicolas Chamfort
- We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. — Maya Angelou
- When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say,… — Maya Angelou
- There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus they bless. — James E. Faust
- Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as it does… — Pope John Paul II
- Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not those obstacles… — Douglas Smith