Pope Francis Quotes

Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

Under the shadow of earthly disappointment, all unconscious to ourselves, our Divine Redeemer is walking by our side.

It is not darkness you are going to, for God is Light. It is not lonely, for Christ is with you. It is not unknown country, for Christ is there.

Christ leads me through no darker rooms than He went through before.

Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it.

I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if you walked through it, you'd be happier than you are.'

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

I know that Jesus is in charge; he's walking with me.

Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.

I have a spiritual advisor I call up, when I just feel lost. Lately, I've been talking to God. I developed this dialogue in rehab, this dialogue with God, and every day I talk to God.

If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'

I want to use what God has done in my life to comfort me and to minister to people.

People are hurting and looking for answers. The Gospel gives us hope.

Christ is the anchor of my life.

Through the loss of my wife and many confusing times, Jesus was always there by my side.

We don't need answers and explanations as much as we need God's presence in and through the suffering.

Be not cast down. If ye saw Him who is standing on the shore, holding out His arms to welcome you to land, ye would wade, not only through a sea of wrongs, but through hell itself to be with Him.

Whatever affliction comes in our life, our Lord goes into the valley with us, leading us by the hand, even carrying us when it is necessary.

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.

Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.

Religion is a light in the fog.

Where Christ brings His cross He brings His presence; and where He is none are desolate, and there is no room for despair.

In deep confusion, in great despair, when I reach out for him, he is there. When I am lonely as I can be, then I know God shines his light on me.