Pope Francis Quotes

I have great love for Saint Joseph, because he is a man of silence and strength. On my table I have an image of Saint Joseph sleeping. Even when he is asleep, he is taking care of the Church! Yes! We know that he can do that. So when I have a problem, a difficulty, I write a little note and I put it underneath Saint Joseph, so that he can dream about it! In other words I tell him: pray for this problem!

I think intuition can be a form of answered prayer. You do the best you can - thinking, figuring, planning - and then you pray.

I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results.

Prayer is not a substitute for work. First we have to do all we can ourselves to understand a situation. Then when we ask for help, sometimes it is very evident, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes we may well be helped by not getting a decision.

God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.

I pray before virtually every speech and virtually every major decision.

Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so with a more specific purpose.

Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just when you're in trouble. Pray every day. Surround yourself with prayer. You never know when you might need an extra miracle.

Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!

"Hi," I said. She came over, licked my hand discreetly, allowed herself to be scratched for a time, chased her tail in a dignified circle, lay down again. I remember thinking: "There are times God puts a choice in front of you." I often had such thoughts back then. We took the dog.

The simple power of prayer can save us all kinds of time and trouble if we will ask God to give us wisdom and discernment in our relationships.

Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of: Wherefore, let they voice, Rise like a fountain for me night and day.

We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.

We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor.

God's solution is a prayer away!

Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.

God's first line of defense - and offense - for every situation is prayer.

I love my God, and whenever I want something, I pray to Him, and my wish is fulfilled. That's my success mantra.

It is through our prayers, through our acts of faith that God works in partnership with us.

Glory be and praise to God. I didn't do any of this. God did. I don't have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.

I say a prayer several times a day about what I can control and what I can't control.

'I have always asked God to guide me in each of my tasks.

We have people on the road with us - our wives, our families and pastors. We come alongside each other, and we're always in prayer.

Religion was very influential because when it got really bad, and you don't know who to turn to, but I turned to God and was praying and meditating, that really helped.

If you need me to tell you that if you serve God, he'll heal your body and fix every one of your problems, if you need that, you're lost.