Limits

No one can put limits on God’s love, for he is always ready to forgive

Mercy

The mercy of God will always be greater than any sin

Silence

Let us pray for Christians suffering persecution, often amid the shameful silence of so many.

Friend

When Christ is your friend, you have joy, serenity, happiness.

Small

God is in love with us. He becomes small to help us love him in return.

Total

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 5:20am - 20 Dec 15: However grave our sin, God responds with total forgiveness

Path

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 6:00am - 19 Dec 15: Mercy is the path uniting God with man, for it opens the heart to the hope of an eternal love

Tenderness

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 6:00am - 14 Dec 15: One goal for each day: to convey the tenderness of Christ to those who are most in need.

Jubilee

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 5:45am - 8 Dec 15: May the Jubilee of Mercy bring us all closer to God’s goodness and love.

Africa

God Bless Africa

New

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 7:00am - 30 Nov 15: The time has come for new messengers of Christ, ever more generous, more joyful and more holy

Act

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 4:00am - 30 Nov 15: Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters, and we must act as such.

Hatred

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 11:00am - 29 Nov 15: Where there is violence and hatred, Christians are called to witness to the God who is Love.

Hope

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 1:00pm - 28 Nov 15: I have great hope for Africa, and for the harvest of grace that the Lord is preparing in your midst.

Uganda

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 6:00am - 28 Nov 15: Uganda has experienced the witness of Christian martyrs. May they help us spread the joy of the Gospel without fear.

Refugees

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 12:00pm - 27 Nov 15: The world is witnessing an unprecedented migration of peoples. I want to thank Uganda for its generosity in welcoming refugees.

Esteem

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 4:00am - 26 Nov 15: May my visit to Africa be a sign of the Church’s esteem for all religions, and strengthen our bonds of friendship

Mungo abariki Kenya

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 7:18am - 25 Nov 15: Mungu abariki Kenya! God bless Kenya!

All

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 5:19am - 19 Nov 15: All human persons – all of us – are important in God’s eyes.

Dialogue

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 4:15am - 15 Nov 15: I am happy to pray today with the Lutheran community in Rome. May God bless all who work for dialogue and Christian unity. (https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/665820294645346305?s=17) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=18 Sent from my iPad Brendon P Devlin Bdevlinsr.blogspot.com

Paris

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 1:05pm - 14 Nov 15: I am deeply saddened by the terrorist attacks in Paris. Please join me in prayer for the victims and their families. #PrayersForParis

Good Shepherd

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 5:00am - 12 Nov 15: As Christians, we are called to imitate the Good Shepherd and to help families experiencing difficulties.

Vanity

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 6:45am - 31 Oct 15: Vanity not only distances us from God: it makes us look ridiculous.

St Michael

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 6:15am - 29 Oct 15: Let us ask the help of Saint Michael the Archangel to defend us from the snares of the devil.

Waste

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 6:27am - 27 Oct 15: Parents, can you “waste time” with your children? It is one of the most important things that you can do each day.

Development

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 4:24am - 24 Oct 15: Economic development needs to have a human face, so that no one will be excluded.

Poor

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 5:22am - 22 Oct 15: In the poor, we see the face of Christ who for our sake became poor.

Corruption

Corruption is a cancer on society

All

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 5:45am - 16 Oct 15: Dear young friends, do not be afraid to give your all. Christ will never disappoint you.

Solidarity

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 5:13am - 13 Oct 15:

Let us learn solidarity. Without solidarity, our faith is dead

Sunday

Work is important, but so too is rest. Shouldn’t we learn to respect times of rest, especially Sundays?

Free

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 6:00am - 8 Oct 15:

Dear young friends, ask the Lord for a free heart so as not to be ensnared by the false pleasures of the world. 

Shared

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 4:30am - 3 Oct 15:

The faith is not a gift just for me. Faith is given to be joyfully 

Goal

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 4:00am - 1 Oct 15:

Our life is not a pointless wandering. We have a sure goal: the house of the Father.

Guide

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 4:00am - 28 Sep 15:

With my heartfelt thanks. May the love of Christ always guide the American people!

Thank you

Pope Francis (@Pontifex) tweeted at 1:50pm - 22 Sep 15:

Thank you to the Cuban people! Thank you from my heart. 

Cuba

I ask you to join me in praying for my trip to Cuba and the United States. I need your prayers. 

Victory

Despite injustices and sufferings, the Lord's victory is certain.

Lowly

God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things.

Sign of the Cross

Every time that we make the sign of the cross, we draw closer to the great mystery of the Trinity.

Thank you

Do we say “Thank you” to God every day?

Refugees

May every parish and religious community in Europe host a refugee family. #Jubilee #refugeeswelcome

Unemployment

Let us ask Our Lady to help all families, especially those affected by unemployment.

War

War is the mother of all poverty, a vast predator of lives and souls.

Creation

Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Let us work and pray.

Generous

Lord, help us always to be more generous and closer to poor families.

Riches

A Christian who is too attached to riches has lost his way.

Reading

Reading the Gospel each day helps us to overcome our selfishness and to follow Jesus our Teacher with dedication.

Experience

When we experience the merciful love of the Father, we are more able to share this joy with our neighbour.

Humble

Mary’s life shows that God accomplishes great deeds through those who are the most humble.

Refuge

Mary is full of grace. She is a sure refuge for us in times of temptation.

Encounter

The encounter with Christ can completely change our life.

Treansformed

We are all sinners. Let us be transformed by God’s mercy.

Nothing

We learn many virtues in our Christian families. Above all, we learn to love, asking nothing in return.

Give

Let us allow the love of God to take deep root within us. In so doing, we will be able to give ourselves to others.

Hospitality

Hospitality in families is a crucial virtue today, especially in situations of great poverty.

Exemplary

The most powerful witness to marriage is the exemplary lives of Christian spouses.

Marriage

Dear young friends, do not be afraid of marriage: Christ accompanies with his grace all spouses who remain united to him.

Actions

Christian witness is concrete: words without actions are empty.

Needy

The one who helps the sick and needy touches the flesh of Christ, alive and present in our midst.

Weak

The Church is called to be ever more attentive and caring toward the weak.

Sustains

When everything falls apart, only one thing sustains our hope: God loves us, he loves everyone!

Mindset

Now is the time for a change in mindset and to stop pretending that our actions do not affect those who suffer from hunger.

Compassionate

That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ.

Garden

A great challenge: stop ruining the garden which God has entrusted to us so that all may enjoy it.

Meaning

How wonderful it is to proclaim to everyone the love of God which saves us and gives meaning to our lives!

Try

The Church is a mother with an open heart, ready to help all people, especially those who try the hardest

Confession

In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves.

Free

God’s love is free. He asks for nothing in return; all he wants is for his love to be accepted.

Reflect

An integral ecology includes taking time to reflect on our lifestyle and our ideals. #LaudatoSi

Sing

Let us sing as we go. May our struggles and our concern for this planet never take away the joy of our hope.

Protect

Lord, seize us with your power and light, help us to protect all life, to prepare for a better future. #LaudatoSi

Consequences

The teachings of the Gospel have direct consequences for our way of thinking, feeling and living. #LaudatoSi

Martyrs

Today the Church is a Church of martyrs, so many heroic witnesses. May we learn from their courage.

Dignity

Where there is no work, there is no dignity.

Eucharist

In the Sacrament of the Eucharist we find God who gives himself.

Least

We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us.

Service

The light of the Gospel guides all who put themselves at the service of the civilization of love.

Other

Christians must live "with the other, for the other and in the other.”

Meet

Lord, grant us the awesome gift of meeting you.

Theory

Christians are witnesses not to a theory, but to a Person: Christ risen and alive, the one Saviour of all.

4

We can observe the Fourth Commandment by loving visits to our aging grandparents.

Guide

Let us invoke the Holy Spirit each day: He guides us along the path of discipleship in Christ.

Consolation

Lord, send forth your Holy Spirit to bring consolation and strength to persecuted Christians. #free2pray

Gaze

There are times when God is silent, a silence which cannot be understood unless we gaze upon Christ crucified.

Waiting

God is always waiting for us, he always understands us, he always forgives us.

Wounded

It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself.

Parents

Dear parents, have great patience, and forgive from the depths of your heart.

Tolerate

Why is it so difficult to tolerate the faults of others? Have we forgotten that Jesus bore our sins?

Kindness

Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.

Dignity

When we cannot earn our own bread, we lose our dignity. This is a tragedy today, especially for the young.

Tabernacle

It is good for us to spend time before the Tabernacle, to feel the gaze of Jesus upon us.

Able

The love of Christ fills our hearts and makes us always able to forgive!

Infinite

Amid so many problems, even grave, may we not lose our hope in the infinite mercy of God.

Home

Every Christian community must be a welcoming home for those searching for God,for those searching for a brother or sister to listen to them

Go out

We Christians are called to go out of ourselves to bring the mercy and tenderness of God to all.

Sacraments

In the Sacraments we discover the strength to think and to act according to the Gospel.

Earth

We need to care for the earth so that it may continue, as God willed, to be a source of life for the entire human family.

Sorrows

Mary, Mother of Sorrows, help us to understand God’s will in moments of great suffering.

Together

Pope Francis discussed a complex and thorny issue in his catechesis: the differences between men and women, and how they complement each other. POPE FRANCIS " God creates man and woman in his own image and likeness. Not only man, not only woman, but also the two together. The difference between them is not for competition or domination. Instead, reciprocity is needed for communion and for procreation in the image and likeness of God. This complementary nature is the basis of the family and lifelong unions, sustained by the grace of God. Human beings are made to listen and help each other.” For humans to know each other well and grow in harmony, the Pope said, they need reciprocity between man and woman. He recalled that when one party tries to dominate over the other, problems arise, which is why the solution is complementarity, not the removal the differences. POPE FRANCIS "I wonder, for example, if the so-called "Theory of Gender” is not an expression of frustration and resignation, looking to cancel sexual difference because one cannot confront the other. Yes: We are in danger of taking a step backwards. The cancellation of the difference is the problem, not the solution.” The Pope gave advice for how to solve relationship problems: He said that men and women should speak more, be heard and understood, and should treat each other with respect. That, according to the Pope, leads to a successful lifelong union. He also proposed two lines of action. POPE FRANCIS "We need to do much more in favor of women. Not just to recognize them more, but instead to give their voice real power and effective authority in society and in the Church.” His second suggestion is to "rediscover the beauty of God's creative design.” He added that the crisis of not trusting God could be directly linked to the crisis between man and woman.

Tired

The Lord never tires of forgiving us. It is we who get tired of asking for pardon.

Impact

We can bring the Gospel to others only if it has made a deep impact in our lives.

Cry

Lord, give us the gift of tears, the ability to cry for our sins and so receive your forgiveness.

Generousity

Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits.

Alive

Christ is risen! Christ is alive and journeys with us!

Cross

The Cross of Christ is not a defeat: the Cross is love and mercy.

Serve

Jesus washes the feet of the Apostles. Are we ready to serve others like this?

Tenderness

Confession is the sacrament of the tenderness of God, his way of embracing us.

Friendship

Holy Week is a privileged time when we are called to draw near to Jesus: friendship with him is shown in times of difficulty.

Weakest

As disciples of Christ, how can we not be concerned for the good of the weakest?

Give

Life is a precious gift, but we realize this only when we give it to others.

Leaven

The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.

Suffering

Suffering is a call to conversion: it reminds us of our frailty and vulnerability.

Indifference

May every Church and Christian community be a place of mercy amid so much indifference.

Fill

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

Closer

Lent is a time for drawing near to Christ by listening to the word of God and celebrating the sacraments.

Comfort

Beware of getting too comfortable! When we are comfortable, it’s easy to forget other people.

Father

In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children.

Humility

Humility saves man: pride makes him lose his way.

Rock

Let us build our lives of faith on the rock who is Christ.

Slaves

If we are too attached to riches, we are not free. We are slaves.

Heart

The heart grows hard when it does not love. Lord, give us a heart that knows how to love.

Intercede

Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!

Forgiveness

There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness.

Tenderness

The Sacraments are the manifestation of the Father’s tenderness and love towards each of us.

Consecrated

Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.

Sinners

Lord, grant us the grace to know we are sinners.

Indifference

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

Joy

Jesus came to bring joy to everyone in every age.

Now

Jesus is not a figure from the past: he continues now and always to light the way for us.

Not alone

Having faith does not mean having no difficulties, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone.

Sinners

We are all sinners. We are all called to a conversion of heart.

Urgent

A credible witness to truth and to the values of the Gospel is urgently needed.

True love

True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good.

Auschwitz

Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.

Evangelize

Practicing charity is the best way to evangelize.

Gift

Every Life is a Gift. #marchforlife

Pray

To my friends in Sri Lanka and the Philippines: May God bless you all! Please pray for me.

Children

How often we forget to dedicate ourselves to that which truly matters! We forget that we are children of God.

Meaning

The com-passion of God, his suffering-with-us, gives meaning and worth to our struggles and our sufferings.

Family

The family is the greatest treasure of any country. Let us all work to protect and strengthen this, the cornerstone of society.

St Joseph Vaz

Saint Joseph Vaz, teach us to grow in holiness and to live the Gospel’s message of mercy.

Sri Lanka

Please pray with me for everyone in Sri Lanka and the Philippines as I begin my trip.

Sunday

Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Let us find time to be with him.

Gift

Jesus came to save us: let us not reject this marvellous gift!

Suffering

Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.

Disciples

Christianity spreads through the joy of disciples who know that they are loved and saved.

Peace

How many innocent people and children suffer in the world! Lord, grant us your peace!