Pope Francis Quotes About Understanding

• May each family rediscover family prayer, which helps to bring about mutual understanding and forgiveness.

  Pope Francis

  Prayer, Understanding, May

  Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

• Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

  Pope Francis

  Forgiveness, God, Christian

• Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.

  Pope Francis

  Understanding, Needs, World

  "Pope Francis draws 3M to Rio vigil" by Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. July 28, 2013.

• Living Holy Week following Jesus means learning how to come out of ourselves to reach out to others, to go to the outskirts of existence, to be the first to move towards our brothers and sisters, especially those who are most distant, those who are forgotten, those who are most in need of understanding, consolation and help. There is so much need to bring the living presence of Jesus, merciful and full of love!

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Brother, Moving

• Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.

  Pope Francis

  Self, Understanding, Consciousness

• Finding God in all things is not an 'empirical eureka.' When we desire to encounter God, we would like to verify him immediately by an empirical method. But you cannot meet God this way...A contemplative attitude is necessary: it is the feeling that you are moving along the good path of understanding and affection toward things and situations. Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God, and love of all things in God-this is the sign that you are on this right path.

  Pope Francis

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Attitude

• In the Gospel we have just heard, Jesus, the Master, teaches the crowds and the small group of his disciples by accommodating himself to their ability to understand. ... Jesus does not seek to 'play the professor.' Instead, he seeks to reach people's hearts, their understanding and their lives, so that they may bear fruit.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Heart, Play

  Pope Francis (2016). “Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion”, p.12, Orbis Books

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