Pope Francis Quotes

Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.

This Christianity is not a cultural thing. It is not something that should be just a small part of your life; it is not something that you do on Sunday... Christianity is not about you being just like the world all the time and then coming to church on Sunday. If that is your Christianity... you are not Christian.

How utterly terrible is the current idea that Christians can serve God at their own convenience.

There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness

Simply believing in the existence of God is not exactly what I would call a commitment. After all, even the devil believes that God exists. Believing has to change the way we live.

The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world.

Do not forget Him but think on Him often. Adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious work of a Christian; in a word, this is our profession. If we do not know it, we must learn it.

If you ignore every single thing Jesus told you to do, you are just auditing. You're not a Christian.

Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they're not obeying the things that He called them to do.

Our faith is well founded; but it is necessary that this faith become part of our lives. A great effort must therefore be made in order for all Christians to transform themselves into 'witnesses,' ready and able to shoulder the commitment of testifying - always and to everyone - to the hope that animates them.

If any man should ask me what is the first, second, and third part of being a Christian, I must answer 'Action!'

How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?

There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is abundance of hearing, reading, talking, professing, visiting, contributing to the poor and teaching at schools. But is there, together with all this, a due proportion of private prayer? Are believing men and women sufficiently careful to be frequently alone with God?

Every decision we make has to be evaluated in light of our life-changing commitment to being a servant of Christ and His kingdom.

To be Christian it will cost a man his love of ease.

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

Christian witness is concrete: words without actions are empty.

A man shows himself a true disciple of Christ by carrying the cross in his turn every day in the activity that he is called to perform.

It appears that too many Christians want to enjoy the thrill of feeling right but are not willing to endure the inconvenience of being right.

Prayer is not just getting ready for Christian service. Prayer is Christian service.

The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!

Surely it is worthwhile to lay ourselves out with all our might in promoting the cause and kingdom of Christ.

And let me say only this one word more: that the little things that a little Christian does are not any more than the larger things that an older Christian does.

Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.

Christianity is not a set of beliefs or doctrines one believes in order to be a Christian, but rather Christianity is to have one's body shaped, one's habits determined, in such a way that the worship of God is unavoidable.