Pope Francis Quotes

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

To follow Jesus means to share his merciful love for every human being.

The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.

To understand the nature of love — that is to be a Christian!

Love God. Love people. And do stuff. That's my punch list everyday.

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.

..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God.

Loving God and loving one's neighbor are really the same thing.

Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

When I say, 'I love Christ and love the teachings of Christ,' I mean that in the most simple and naive way. I'm not saying I'm right.

That's all I want in life is to be remembered as a guy that really loved God.

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

I, for one, am profoundly grateful to feel the hand of God at work in my life. But at the beginning and end of the day, when my default setting is to show kindness and love to others, I never regret it. And to me, that is what faith is all about.

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or young, male or female, oppressed or free, established or disestablished.

God is so good.

I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was.

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.

My service to humanity is my real opportunity to prove my genuine love for God and God alone.

As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love.