Pope Francis Quotes About Overcoming

• During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference.

  Pope Francis

  Overcoming, Way, Indifference

• There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

  Pope Francis

  Suffering, Overcoming, Charity

  Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex, twitter.com. June 20, 2014.

• True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.

  Pope Francis

  Dirty, Hands, Overcoming

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.122, SPCK

• The crucifix does not signify defeat or failure. It reveals to us the Love that overcomes evil and sin.

  Pope Francis

  Evil, Overcoming, Doe

• Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!

  Pope Francis

  Commitment, Joy, Challenges

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.34, BookBaby

• Let Christ turn your natural optimism into Christian hope, your energy into moral virtue, your good will into genuine self-sacrificin g love! This is the path you are called to take. This is the path to overcoming all that threatens hope, virtue and love in your lives and in your culture. In this way your youth will be a gift to Jesus and to the world.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Jesus, Self

• May the God of peace arouse in all an authentic desire for dialogue and reconciliation. Violence cannot be overcome with violence. Violence is overcome with peace.

  Pope Francis

  Desire, Overcoming, May

• Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them, in the certainty that God never abandons us.

  Pope Francis

  Overcoming, Able, Moments

• We must overcome...all forms of racism. The problem of intolerance should be dealt with as a whole: every time a minority is persecuted and marginalized...the good of the whole society is in danger.

  Pope Francis

  Racism, Overcoming, Minorities

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

• Resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good.

  Pope Francis

  Evil, Overcoming, Combat

  "Pope Francis to People of Boston: 'Resolve Not to be Overcome by Evil'" by Rebecca Hamilton, www.patheos.com. April 16, 2013.

• It is no easy task to overcome the bitter legacy of injustices, hostility and mistrust left by the conflict. It can only be done by overcoming evil with good.

  Pope Francis

  Overcoming Evil, Legacy, Tasks

• I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well as to followers of every religion and to those brothers and sisters who do not believe: peace is a good which overcomes every barrier, because it belongs to all of humanity!

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Brother, Believe

• The Cross of Christ bears the suffering and the sin of mankind, including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms, bearing on His shoulders our crosses and saying to us: 'Have courage! You do not carry your cross alone! I carry it with you. I have overcome death and I have come to give you hope, to give you life' (John 3:16).

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Giving, Suffering

  Pope Francis (2017). “Embracing the Way of Jesus: Reflections from Pope Francis on Living Our Faith”, p.30, Loyola Press

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