Pope Francis Quotes About Inspiration

• Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place: on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Jesus, Inspiration

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.40, BookBaby

• The Christian truth is attractive and persuasive because it responds to humanity's deepest needs.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Christian, Inspiration

• We, the women and men of the Church, we are in the middle of a love story: each of us is a link in this chain of love. And if we do not understand this, we have understood nothing of what the Church is.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Inspiration, Men

• Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet. It is not by proselytizing that the Church grows, but by attraction.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Inspiration, People

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.8, BookBaby

• I like this idea of the re-foundation of the European Union, maybe it can be done, because Europe - I do not say is unique, but it has a force, a culture, a history that cannot be wasted, and we must do everything so that the European Union has the strength and also the inspiration to make it go forward. That's what I think.

  Pope Francis

  Inspiration, Unique, Thinking

  "Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight interview from Mexico to Rome". www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

• Faith is professed with the lips and with the heart, through words & through love.

  Pope Francis

  Inspiration, Heart, Lips

• The Church encourages those in power to be truly at the service of the common good of their peoples. She urges financial leaders to take account of ethics and solidarity. And why should they not turn to God to draw inspiration from his designs? In this way, a new political and economic mindset would arise that would help to transform the absolute dichotomy between the economic and social spheres into a healthy symbiosis.

  Pope Francis

  Inspiration, Justice, Design

  Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.36, Orbis Books

• For every Christian, the proclamation and witnessing of the Gospel are never an isolated act. This is important. For every Christian the proclamation and witnessing of the Gospel are never an isolated or group act, and no evangelizers acts, as Paul VI reminded very well, "on the strength of a personal inspiration, but in union with the mission of the Church and in her name"

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Inspiration, Names

• We often pray to Jesus; we pray to the Father, especially in the 'Our Father'; but not often to the Holy Spirit....Pray often to the Holy Spirit so that He may help us, give us the strength, give us the inspiration and lead us forward.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Father, Inspiration

• Mere administration can no longer be enough. Throughout the world, let us be permanently in a state of mission.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Inspiration, World

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.12, BookBaby

• May this colloquium be an inspiration to all who seek to support and strengthen the union of man and woman in marriage as a unique, natural, fundamental and beautiful good for persons, families, communities, and whole societies.

  Pope Francis

  Beautiful, Inspiration, Unique

• God's word is unpredictable in its power... The Church has to accept this unruly freedom of the word, which accomplishes what it wills in ways that surpass our calculations and ways of thinking.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Inspiration, Thinking

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.11, BookBaby

• May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land.

  Pope Francis

  Strength, Peace, Children

• For just as some people want a purely spiritual Christ, without flesh and without the cross, they also want their interpersonal relationships provided by sophisticated equipment, by screens and systems which can be turned on and off on command. Meanwhile, the Gospel tells us constantly to run the risk of a face-to-face encounter with others, with their physical presence which challenges us, with their pain and their pleas, with their joy which infects us in our close and continuous interaction.

  Pope Francis

  Faith, Running, Spiritual

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.29, BookBaby

• I like this idea of the re-foundation of the European Union, maybe it can be done, because Europe - I do not say is unique, but it has a force, a culture, a history that cannot be wasted, and we must do everything so that the European Union has the strength and also the inspiration to make it go forward.

  Pope Francis

  Inspiration, Unique, Europe

  In-flight interview from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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