Pope Francis Quotes About Darkness

• 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.

  Pope Francis

  Night, Journey, Light

  Pope Francis (2016). “I Believe: The Promise of the Creed”, p.114, Orbis Books

• Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society.

  Pope Francis

  Hate, Order, Giving

  Pope Francis @Pontifex, twitter.com. September 30, 2013.

• Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others.

  Pope Francis

  Men, Light, Darkness

  Pope Francis (2013). “I Ask You to Pray for Me: Opening a Horizon of Hope”, p.37, Paulist Press

• Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others. To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope; it is to let a shaft of light break through the heavy clouds; it is to bring the warmth of hope!

  Pope Francis

  Love Is, Men, Clouds

  Pope Francis' Homily for inaugural Mass of Petrine Ministry, w2.vatican.va. March 19, 2013.

• From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us.

  Pope Francis

  Light, Views, Darkness

• Being Christian is not just obeying orders but means being in Christ, thinking like him, acting like him, loving like him; it means letting him take possession of our life and change it, transform it, and free it from the darkness of evil and sin. ... Let us show the joy of being children of God, the freedom that living in Christ gives us which is true freedom, the freedom that saves us from the slavery of evil, of sin and of death!

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Children, Mean

• 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. To those who suffer, God does not provide arguments which explain everything; rather, his response is that of an accompanying presence, a history of goodness which touches every story of suffering and opens up a ray of light.

  Pope Francis

  Night, Journey, Light

  Pope Francis (2016). “I Believe: The Promise of the Creed”, p.114, Orbis Books

• The first reform must be the attitude. The ministers of the Gospel must be people who can warm the hearts of the people, who walk through the dark night with them, who know how to dialogue and to descend themselves into their people's night, into the darkness, but without getting lost. The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.

  Pope Francis

  Leadership, Attitude, Heart

  "A Big Heart Open to God: An interview with Pope Francis". Interview with Antonio Spadaro, S.J., www.americamagazine.org. September 30, 2013.

• Do not be afraid! Our Father is patient, he loves us, he gives us Jesus to guide us on the way which leads to the promised land. Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness. He is our peace.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Father, Light

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