Pope Francis on encounter
Pope Francis104 quotes“Consecrated life is a living encounter with the Lord in his people.”
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Trust in God the Creator, in the Holy Spirit who moves everything towards the good.
Pope FrancisPope Francis The Lord is the first to trust in you, and He also invites you to trust in yourselves.
Pope FrancisPope Francis The memory of the Saints leads us to raise our eyes to Heaven: not to forget the realities of the earth, but to face them with more courage and hope.
Pope FrancisPope Francis The revolution of tenderness begins in the heart of the family.
Pope FrancisPope Francis Love is more than a mere feeling. To love means to do good.
Pope FrancisPope Francis If we lose our memory, we destroy our future.
Pope FrancisPope Francis Families are a kind of leaven that helps to make the world more humane and more fraternal, where no one feels rejected or abandoned.
Pope FrancisPope Francis We multiply the joy God gives us by sharing it.
Pope FrancisPope Francis Violence never brings peace. War leads to war, violence leads to violence.
Pope FrancisPope Francis We were not created for death, but for life in abundance: eternal life.
Pope FrancisPope Francis Each one of us has infinite value for God: we may be small under heaven and powerless when the earth trembles, but for God we are more precious than anything.
Pope FrancisPope Francis If we learn to read everything in the light of the Holy Spirit, we realize that everything is grace.
Pope FrancisPope Francis God created the world with a great variety of flowers of all colours.
Pope FrancisPope Francis Each one of us is a love story with God.
Pope FrancisPope Francis Prayer gives us nobility. I t is capable of securing our relationship with God who is the true Companion on the journey of every man and woman.
Pope FrancisPope Francis Life is not the time for possessing but for loving.
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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More on encounter
Something in the world forces us to think. This something is an object not of recognition but of a fundamental encounter.
Gilles DeleuzeGilles Deleuze Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
Joseph CampbellJoseph Campbell Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning You cannot, and will not, encounter a circumstance, or a single moment, that does not serve directly and immediately the need of your soul to heal.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.
PinkPink Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path.
Tara BrachTara Brach To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.
Abraham MaslowAbraham Maslow