“Being with” Christ does not mean isolating ourselves from others. Rather, it is a “being with” in order to go forth and encounter others.”
― Pope Francis, The Church of Mercy
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“If one has the answers to all the questions—that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave…
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With all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Eph. 4:1-3). Humility, meekness, magnanimity, and love to preserve unity! These, these are the roads, the true roads of the church.
– Pope Francis
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The church is apostolic because “with the help of the Spirit dwelling in her, the church keeps and hands on the teaching.”
– Pope Francis
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“G. K. Chesterton: “When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing but worships everything.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy
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Second… The church is Catholic because she is universal: she is spread abroad through every part of the world, and she proclaims of the Gospel to every man and to every woman. The church has no limits; she is sent to the totality of the human race. And the…
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Over the centuries, the church conserves this precious treasure, which is sacred Scripture, doctrine, the sacraments, the Ministry of pastors, so that we can be faithful to Christ and share in his very life. It is like a river coursing through history, developing, irrigating; but running water always comes…
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“We are not Christian “part-time,” only at certain moments, in certain circumstances, in certain decisions; no one can be Christian in this way. We are Christian all the time! Totally! May Christ’s truth, which the Holy Spirit teaches us and gives to us, always and totally affect our daily…
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“The Church Is apostolic.” Means to stress the constructive bond that she has with the apostles, with that small group of 12 men whom Jesus one day call to himself.
– Pope Francis
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Thomas does not believe it when the other apostles tell him, “we have seen the Lord.” It isn’t enough for him that Jesus had foretold it, promised it: “on the third day I will rise.” He wants to see, he wants to put his hand in the place of…
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Those who reason using human logic, that is, the logic of the merits acquired through one’s own greatness, from being first, find themselves last. Instead, those who humbly entrust themselves to the Father’s mercy, from being last, find themselves first (see Mt 20:1-16)
