Thanks

18h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex As we end this year, let us remember the days, weeks and months we have lived in order to give thanks and offer everything to the Lord.

Family

Holy Family of Nazareth, help us all to recognize the sacred nature of the family and its beauty in God’s plan for humanity.

Gaze

Let us be touched by the tenderness that saves. Let us draw close to God who draws close to us. Let us pause to gaze upon the crib.

Poor

God, who is in love with us, draws us to himself with his tenderness, by being born poor and frail in our midst, as one of us.

Light

Christmas has above all a taste of hope because, for all the darkness in our lives, God’s light shines forth.

St Stephen

On today’s Feast of Saint Stephen let us remember the martyrs of today and yesterday. May we overcome evil with good and hatred with love.

Rejoice

Christ is born for us, let us rejoice in the day of our salvation!

Shepherds

Like the shepherds of Bethlehem, may we too, with eyes full of amazement and wonder, gaze upon the Child Jesus, the Son of God

Journey

The Lord becomes man to journey with us in our everyday lives.

Burden

The birthday of Jesus, who took on the burden of our human weakness, is drawing closer.

Joy

Mercy gives rise to joy, because our hearts are opened to the hope of a new life.

Tranforms

Mercy is the concrete action of God’s love that, by forgiving, transforms and changes our lives.

Repent

Nothing of what a repentant sinner places before God’s mercy can be excluded from the embrace of his forgiveness.

Migrants

6hPope Francis‏ @Pontifex

I express my solidarity with migrants around the world and thank all those who help them: welcoming others means welcoming God in person!

Confidence

Our joy comes from the confidence we have that the Lord is close to us with his tenderness, mercy, forgiveness and love.

Birthday

10hPope Francis‏ @Pontifex

I thank you all for your kindness. Please do not forget to pray for me.

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the most visible sign of the Father’s love, which Jesus sought to reveal by his entire life.

Primacy

The love of God, which can look into the heart of each person and see the deepest desire hidden there, must take primacy over all else.

Now

Now is the time to unleash the creativity of mercy, to bring about new undertakings, the fruit of grace.

Past

Today I would like each of us to reflect on his and her own past and the gifts received from the Lord.

Americans

8hPope Francis‏ @Pontifex

On this Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, let us entrust to her the American peoples and the mission of the Church on that continent.

Hope

May Advent be a time of hope. We go to encounter the Lord who comes to encounter us.

Fundamental

Let us all work decisively so that no one is excluded from the effective recognition of their fundamental human rights.

Genocide

Let us pray for all the victims of genocide and work together so that this crime never happens again in the world.

Receiving

Let us learn from the Blessed Mother how to have a humble heart capable of receiving God’s gifts.

Proselytism

15h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex The Church does not grow through proselytism, but by attraction.

Meaning

Jesus gives meaning to my life here on earth and hope for the life to come

Essentials

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Jesus teaches us always to go to the essentials and to take on our own mission with responsibility.

Prepare

Advent is a time to prepare our hearts to receive Christ, our Saviour and hope.

Missionaries

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex We are all called to go out as missionaries and bring the message of God’s love to every person in every area of life.

Trafficking

I call on all people of goodwill to take action against human trafficking and new forms of slavery.

Charles de Foucauld

Today we remember Blessed Charles de Foucauld who said, faith calls us to see Jesus in every human being.

St Andrew Apostle

On this feast of Saint Andrew, with fraternal affection I am close to Patriarch Bartholomew and pray for him and the Church entrusted to him

Bearers of joy

Jesus calls us to be bearers of joy and consolation as his merciful witnesses.

Mercy

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Mercy is not a parenthesis in the life of the Church; it constitutes her very existence, making tangible the profound truths of the Gospel.

Justice and peace

Advent is a time when we journey towards Jesus and his Kingdom of justice and peace.

Continue

With the close of the Jubilee, we look ahead at how to continue to experience with joy, fidelity and enthusiasm the richness of God’s mercy.

Women

So many women are overwhelmed with the burdens of life and the drama of violence! The Lord wants them to be free and their dignity respected

Break out

We have to break out of ourselves to encounter others. If we don’t, even we Christians can suffer from division.

Patient

May the Holy Spirit help us to be patient when enduring, and to be humble and simple when advising.

Tenderness

How much I desire that the years to come will be full of mercy, so that every person can experience the goodness and tenderness of God!

Cloistered

Let us remember with gratitude the cloistered and monastic religious who pray for the Church and the world.

Humanity

We entrust the life of the Church, all humanity, and the entire cosmos to the Lord, asking him to pour out his mercy upon us.

Kingdom

May the balm of mercy reach everyone, both believers and those far away, as a sign that the Kingdom of God is already present in our midst!

Thanking

Today we close the Holy Door thanking God for having granted us this extraordinary time of grace.

Neighbor

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex God’s mercy toward us is linked to our mercy toward our neighbour.

Full

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex If you want a heart full of love, be merciful!

Instrument

It is not enough to experience God’s mercy in one’s life; whoever receives it must also become a sign and instrument for others.

Close

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex We don’t have to go far or come up with grand projects to be charitable. Often the people closest to us could use our help.

Revolution

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex If every one of us, every day, does a work of mercy, there will be a revolution in the world!

Antidote

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex In a world which has been damaged by the virus of indifference, the works of mercy are the best antidote.

Neediest

If you want to find God, seek him where he is hidden: in the neediest, the sick, the hungry, the imprisoned.

Door

11h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex I am before the Holy Door and I ask: “Lord, help me to thrust open the door of my heart!”.

Everywhere

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex No cell is so isolated that it is shut to the Lord. His love reaches everywhere. I pray that each one may open his heart to this love.

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the essence of the love which can understand mistakes and mend them.

Branches

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Let us be moved by God’s watchful gaze. The one thing he desires is for us to abide like living branches in his Son Jesus.

Journey

Christian life is a journey, but not a sorrowful journey; it is joyful.

Remember

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex With faith we visit the graves of our loved ones, where we can also pray for those who no one remembers.

Gaze

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex The Father watches over us, and his gaze of love inspires us to purify our past and to journey towards unity.

Happiness

The saints have found the secret of authentic happiness, which lies deep within the soul and has its source in the love of God.

Priority

Christian unity is a priority, because we realize that much more unites us than separates us.

Word

Let us ask the Lord that his word, source of light and life, may help Christians be ever more united.

Sweden

I ask you to please pray that my journey to Sweden might contribute to the unity of all Christians.

Condemnation

Let us abbandon a language of condemnation and embrace one of mercy.

Discrimination

Let us pray for our brothers and sisters who encounter discrimination and pay a personal price for their fidelity to the Gospel.

Lose

The logic behind charity is to be willing to give up everything so that unity and love prevail.

Patient

Love is a patient effort by persons who dedicate themselves to listening and drawing closer to others.

Life

Today there is an urgent need for politics and economics to be centered on the service of life.

Missionaries

We are disciples, but also missionaries, bringing Christ wherever he asks us to be present.

Afraid

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex “Do not be afraid! Open wide the doors for Christ!” – Saint John Paul II, 22 October 1978

Unborn

The sick, the poor, as well as the unborn, are all made in the image of God and worthy of the highest respect.

United

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Let us try always to be united with Jesus, following him especially on the way of the cross.

Witness

Holiness is to live by being loving and offering our Christian witness in our everyday lives.

Peace

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Lord, come to our aid! Grant us peace, guide our steps in the way of peace. Mary, our Mother, pray for us.

Friendship

May nothing keep you from growing in friendship with God.

Holiness

Let us go forward with courage on the path to holiness!

Never

God never stops wanting our good, even when we sin.

Vulnerable

We are living the Gospel when we help the smallest and most vulnerable.

Migrants

I entrust all child migrants to the protection of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

Stranger

No one is a stranger in the Christian community. #migrants

Joyful

To live joyfully we must let go of anger, wrath, violence, and revenge.

Hope

Punishment should necessarily include hope! #NoDeathPenalty

Orphans

We Christians have a Mother, the same Mother that Jesus had; we have a Father, the same as Jesus. We are not orphans!

Love peace joy

Our Lady also wants to bring the great gift of Jesus to us all; and with him she brings us his love, his peace, and his joy.

Loving

It is by loving that the God-who-is-Love is proclaimed to the world.

Dialogue

Ecumenical and interreligious dialogue is not a luxury, but something which our world, wounded by conflict and division, increasingly needs.

Peace

Saint Francis, teach us to be instruments of peace which has its source in God. #LaudatoSi

Victims

I entrust to Mary the anxieties and sufferings of those peoples who are innocent victims of conflicts in many parts of the world.

Diversity

May the Lord, who creates harmony out of diversity, forever protect this beloved land of the Caucasus.

Dialogue

Dialogue with others, prayers for all: these are our means to give rise to love where there is hatred, forgiveness where there is offence.

Wonders

God changes the world by transforming our hearts. When God finds an open and trusting heart, he can work wonders there.

Flesh

The poor and weak are the flesh of Christ, who call upon Christians of every confession.

Trusting heart

God is not known through grand ideas and extensive study, but rather through the littleness of a humble and trusting heart.

Shadow

Lord Jesus, cast forth the shadow of your cross over peoples at war: may they learn the way of reconciliation, dialogue and forgiveness.

Defend

The Lord has entrusted the Archangels with the task of defending humanity.

Better

How beautiful would it be to leave the world a better place than the way we found it.

Tourism

Let us promote a sustainable tourism, which stimulates development and encounter with local peoples and avoids every sort of discrimination.

Face

In the brother we help we recognize the face of God which no one sees anymore.

Solidarity

The world needs concrete signs of solidarity, especially before the temptation of indifference.

Together

Let us walk together taking care of each other and of Creation, our common home.

Tired

God never tires of offering His forgiveness each time we ask for it.

Enveloped

The more we let ourselves be enveloped by the love of God, the more our lives are renewed.

Recognize

Dialogue is born when I am capable of recognizing others as a gift of God and accept they have something to tell me.

Encounter

Every encounter with the other is a seed which can grow into a flourishing tree, where many will find rest and nourishment.

Serving

Serving is the way that mission is carried out, the only way to be a disciple of Jesus.

Missionaries

As Christians, we are called to be missionaries of the Gospel.

Joy

The concrete sign that we have truly encountered Jesus is the joy that we show in communicating it to others.

Humble

Only those who humble themselves before the Lord can experience the greatness of his mercy.

Walk

The Church is called to walk with Jesus on the roads of the world, in order to meet the humanity of today.

Forgive

The Church’s forgiveness must be every bit as broad as that offered by Jesus on the Cross and by Mary at his feet.

Trust

Let us ask for a faith that allows us to have trust in God no matter what the circumstances of life.

Paralympics

Greetings to all the athletes participating in the Paralympics: Sport is an opportunity for growth and friendship.

Word

The Word of God can revive a hardened heart.

Contribute

Mercy can truly contribute to the building up of a more humane world.

Knock

The Lord presents himself each day and knocks at the door of our heart

Witness

To offer today’s world the witness of mercy is a task from which none of us can feel exempted.

Compassion

God is always moved to compassion whenever we repent.

Forgive

What a great gift the Lord has given us in teaching us to forgive and in this way to touch the Father’s mercy!

Rock

The one who builds on God builds on rock, because he is always faithful, even if we sometimes lack faith.

Smile

Let us carry Mother Teresa’s smile in our hearts and give it to those whom we meet along our journey.

Imitate

Let us imitate Mother Teresa who made works of mercy the guide of her life and the path towards holiness.

Periphery

Charity means to draw close to the periphery of existence of the men and women we encounter every day.

Earth

God gave us the earth “to till and to keep” in a balanced and respectful way.

Serving

Serving with love and tenderness those who are in need helps us to grow in humanity.

Merciful

May God’s mercy towards us move us to be merciful towards our neighbors.

Sinner

An easy prayer to say every day: “Lord, I am a sinner: come with your mercy”.

Holiness

May a powerful gust of holiness sweep through all the Americas during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy!

Console

Consoling those who suffer we are able to help build a better world.

Crimes

New forms of slavery such as human and organ trafficking, forced labour, and prostitution are true crimes against humanity.

Authenticity

Mercy does not just mean being a “good person” nor is it mere sentimentality. It is the measure of our authenticity as disciples of Jesus.

Love

Where there is love, there is also understanding and forgiveness.

Prayer

Never abbandon prayer, even when it seems pointless to pray.

Cross

Through the cross we can touch God’s mercy and be touched by that mercy!

Maternal care

I entrust you to the maternal care of our Mother who lives in the glory of God and is always by our side on our life’s journey.

Humble Heart

We ask Mary, our Mother, to help us to pray with a humble heart.

See

May people see the Gospel in our lives: in our generous and faithful love for Christ and our brothers and sisters.

Confession

In Confession we encounter the merciful embrace of the Father. His love always forgives.

Unity

21h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex A society made up of different cultures must seek unity in respect.

Indigenous

We ask for respect for indigenous peoples whose very identity and existence are threatened.

Dialogue

When there is dialogue in the family, tensions are easily resolved.

Brothers

We oppose hatred and destruction with goodness. We live in societies of different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and sisters.

Messengers

Good luck to the athletes at #Rio2016! May you always be messengers of goodwill and true sporting spirit.

Limits

God’s forgiveness knows no limits...God looks at the heart that seeks forgiveness. #Assisi #Porziuncola

Get involved

The secret to joy: never suppress positive curiosity; get involved, because life is meant to be lived.

Huge

A huge “thank you”, dear young people! St John Paul II rejoiced in Heaven, and will help you bring the joy of the Gospel wherever you go.

Navigator

Jesus speaks to you every day. Let His Gospel become yours and let Him be your “navigator” on life’s journey!

Mistake

God love us as we are: no sin, fault or mistake can make Him change His mind.

Value

God counts on you for who you are, not for what you have. You are valuable

Transform

Jesus is calling you to leave your mark on life: one that transforms your own life and the lives of others.

Different

God is inviting you to dream: He wants to show you that you can make the world a different place.

Mark

We have come into the world in order to leave a mark.

Lead

Dear young people, this evening the Lord renews His invitation to take the lead in serving others.

Embrace

Let us embrace the Cross. Jesus embraces the nakedness, hunger, thirst, loneliness, suffering and death of all men and women of all time.

Death

Anyone who performs works of mercy is not afraid of death.

Dreams

Jesus Christ encourages us to lift up our eyes and to dream lofty dreams. During these days of the WYD, Jesus wants to enter our homes.

Comforts

A merciful heart has the courage to leave comforts behind and to encounter others, embracing everyone.

Participate

The Lord loves to participate in the events of our daily lives and to walk with us.

Together

Let's live WYD in Krakow together

United

Dear young people, stay united in prayer so that this WYD may be rich with spiritual fruits. See you tomorrow!

Mosaic

8h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Dear young people, let us offer the world a mosaic of many races, cultures and peoples united in the name of Jesus! #Krakow2016

Faith Fraternity

Dear young people, I bless your journey towards Krakow: may it be a pilgrimage of faith and fraternity.

Elderly

Let us remember the elderly and the sick who in the summer months are often more alone and can be in difficulty.

Nice

I pray for the victims of the attack in Nice and their families. I ask God to convert the hearts of the violent blinded by hate.

Pray

During this month my audiences are suspended, but I do not stop praying for you, while I ask that you please pray for me!

Peace

Let’s join forces, at all levels, to ensure that peace in beloved Syria is possible! #peacepossible4Syria

Relationships

The summertime offers many people an occasion for rest. It’s also a favorable time to take care of our human relationships.

Like God

Loving and forgiving as God loves and forgives. This is a programme of life that can know no interruptions or exceptions.

Family

True joy which is experienced in the family is not something random and fortuitous, but normal and ongoing.

Honesty

In the world of work today it is essential to educate and follow the luminous and demanding path of honesty.

Reconciliation

This Jubilee of mercy is a time of reconciliation for everyone.

Proclaim

Today the Lord repeats to all pastors: follow me despite the difficulties, follow me by proclaiming the Gospel to all.

Happiness

If God is present in our life, the joy of bringing the Gospel will be our strength and our happiness.

Room

Jesus looks for us and invites us to make room in the inner reaches of our heart. Do we realize it?

First

I am happy to have visited Armenia, the first nation to accept Christianity as its religion, and I thank all for the welcome. #PopeInArmenia

Complete

May the Armenian Church walk in peace and may the communion between us be complete. #PopeInArmenia

Mystical Body

The sufferings of the Armenians are our own, they are the sufferings of the members of Christ’s Mystical Body.

Radiant

The commitment to full unity and cooperation among all the Lord’s disciples is like a radiant light in a dark night. #PopeInArmenia

Armenia

Please accompany me with your prayers during my apostolic journey to Armenia.

Joining

Being Christian involves joining one’s own life, in all its aspects, to the person of Jesus and, through Him, to the Father.

Self-Development

People are the primary artisans of their own development, the first in charge!

Journey

We are all on a journey to the common house of heaven, where we will be able to admire with joyful wonder the mystery of the universe.

Crete

Let us join in prayer with our Orthodox brothers and sisters for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church opening today in Crete.

Universe

More than a scientific question, the universe is a joyful mystery that speaks of God’s boundless love for us.

Prayer

In prayer let us experience the compassion of God, full of merciful love.

Wait

Even in the worst situation of life, God waits for me, God wants to embrace me, God expects me.

Elderly memory

Dear elderly friends, God does not abandon you; he is with you! With his help you are and you continue to be the memory for your people.

Young and old

The future of society requires the fruitful encounter between young and old.

Hunger

I invite all of the institutions of the world to give a voice to all of those who suffer silently from hunger. #ZeroHunger

Presence

Dear sick people, entrust yourselves to the Spirit who will not fail you with the consoling light of his presence.

Difficulty

Do not tire of asking in prayer for the Lord’s help especially in difficulty.

Sick

The tenderness of God is present in the lives of all those who attend the sick and understand their needs, with eyes full of love.

Cooperate

We need to recognize the fundamental values of our common humanity, values in the name of which we can and must cooperate.

Oceans

Let us protect the oceans, part of the “global commons”, vital for our water supply and the variety of living creatures!

Community

In this age lacking in social friendship, our first task is that of building community.

Open

We need to discover the gifts of each person: may communities transmit their own values and be open to the experiences of others.

Supermen

The Saints are not supermen, nor were they born perfect. When they recognized God’s love, they followed it and served others.

Victims

Let us hear the cry of the victims and those suffering, no family without a home, no child without a childhood.

Closeness

Our priestly life is given over in service, in closeness to the People of God, with the joy of those who hear the Lord.

Jubilee

Let us pray together for the Jubilee for Priests from 1-3 June.

Transparent

When disciples of Christ are transparent in heart and sensitive in life, they bring the Lord’s light to the places where they live and work.

May

I join spiritually all those taking part in special devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary on this last day of the month of May.

Stewards

We are stewards, not masters of our earth. Each of us has a personal responsibility to care for the precious gift of God’s creation.

Joins

By receiving the Eucharist we are nourished of the Body and Blood of Jesus, and by entering us, Jesus joins us to his Body!

Steadfast

Remain steadfast in the journey of faith, with firm hope in the Lord. This is the secret of our journey!

Icon

Mary is an icon of how the Church must offer forgiveness to those who seek it.

Eucharist

Jesus gives himself to us in the Eucharist, offering himself as spiritual food that sustains our life.

Door

With the weapons of love, God has defeated selfishness and death. His son Jesus is the door of mercy wide open to all.

Fill

God can fill our hearts with his love and help us continue our journey together towards the land of freedom and life.

Closeness

In a broken world, to communicate with mercy means to help create closeness between the children of God.

Trinity

The feast of the Most Holy Trinity renews our mission of living in communion with God and all people on the model of the divine communion.

Bridge

Each one of us can be a bridge of encounter between diverse cultures and religions, a way to rediscover our common humanity.

Rights

The firm commitment for human rights springs from an awareness of the unique and supreme value of each person.

Transform

Loving and forgiving are tangible and visible signs that faith has transformed our hearts.

Party

The Jubilee is the party to which Jesus invites us all, without excluding anyone.

Followers

The world needs the courage, hope, faith and perseverance of Christ’s followers.

Abundance

The gift of the Holy Spirit has been bestowed in abundance so that we may live lives of genuine faith and active charity.

come

Come, Holy Spirit! Free us from being closed in on ourselves and instill in us the joy of proclaiming the Gospel.

hearts

If our hearts and actions are inspired by charity, by divine love, then our communication will be touched by God’s own power.

Wake up

Dear Religious: wake up the world! Be witnesses to a different way of thinking, acting and living!

compassion

What we say and how we say it, our every word and gesture, ought to express God’s compassion, tenderness and forgiveness for all.

Challenges

May today's challenges become forces for unity to overcome our fears and build together a better future for Europe and the world.

Close

Jesus, ascended into heaven, is now in the lordship of God, present in every space and time, close to each one of us.

Communication

Love, by its nature, is communication; it leads to openness and sharing

Joy

Christ is our greatest joy; he is always at our side and will never let us down.

Console

The Lord consoles us. We are all called to comfort our brothers and sisters, to testify that God alone can eliminate the causes of tragedies

Know

May the challenges in the ecumenical journey encourage us to know each other better, pray together and unite in works of charity.

Rose

Jesus Christ, the incarnation of God’s mercy, out of love for us, died on the cross, and out of love he rose again from the dead.

Work

There is the grave problem of labour, because of the high rate of young adults unemployed, but also for the issue of the dignity of work.

Pascha

I address a cordial greeting to the faithful of the Eastern Churches who are celebrating Holy Pascha today. Χριστὸς ἀνέστη!

Work

Work is proper to the human person and expresses the dignity of being created in the image of God. 

Root

Jesus conquered evil at the root: he is the Door of Salvation, open wide so that each person may find mercy.

Mercy

Before the spiritual and moral abysses of mankind, only God’s infinite mercy can bring us salvation.

Open

Christian hope is a gift that God gives us if we come out of ourselves and open our hearts to him.

Tombs

Let us break open our sealed tombs to the Lord – each of us knows what they are – so that he may enter and grant us life

Opportunity

All are called to love and cherish family life, for families are not a problem; they are first and foremost an opportunity.

Grace

Dear Young People, with the grace of God you can become authentic and courageous Christians, witnesses to love and peace

Tide

Dear Young Friends, your names are written in heaven in the merciful heart of the Father. Be brave and go against the tide!

Cry

A true ecological approach knows how to safeguard the environment and justice, hearing the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor

Climate

Climate change represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity today, and the response requires the solidarity of all.

Alone

To form a family is to be a part of God’s dream, to join him in building a world where no one will feel alone.

Brothers

The royal road to peace is to see others not as enemies to be opposed but as brothers and sisters to be embraced.

Earthquake

We pray for the earthquake victims in Ecuador and Japan. May God and all our brothers and sisters give them help and support

Gaze

Each vocation in the Church has its origin in the compassionate gaze of Jesus, who forgives us and calls us to follow Him

Benedict XVI

Today is Benedict XVI’s birthday. Let us remember him in our prayers and thank God for giving him to the Church and the world

Refugees

Refugees are not numbers, they are people who have faces, names, stories, and need to be treated as such.

Union

In the darkest hours of a family’s life, union with Jesus can help avoid a breakup.

Love

Love is the only light which can constantly illuminate a world grown dim.

Struggles

The Lord’s presence dwells in families, with all their daily troubles and struggles, joys and hopes.

Balm

The way of the Church is not to condemn anyone for ever, it is to pour out the balm of God’s mercy.

Pattern

The Church must pattern her behavior after the Son of God who went out to everyone without exception.

Understand

To understand, forgive, accompany and integrate. That is the mindset which should prevail in the Church

Prayer

It is essential that children see that prayer is something truly important for their parents.

Home

The home is the place where we learn to appreciate the beauty of the faith, to pray and serve our neighbor

Basic

To know how to forgive and feel forgiven is a basic experience in family life.

Divorced

The divorced who have entered a new union should be made to feel part of the Church. They are not excommunicated.

Place

Open and caring families find a place for the poor

Opens

Love opens our eyes and enables us to see the great worth of a human being.

Gentleness

In our families, we must learn to imitate Jesus’ own gentleness.

Light

Every family, despite its weaknesses, can become a light in the darkness of the world.

Inspired

Our teaching on marriage and the family cannot fail to be inspired by the message of love and tenderness.

Strength

The strength of the family lies in its capacity to love and to teach how to love.

Family

No one can think that the weakening of the family will prove beneficial to society as a whole.

Disabilities

People with disabilities are a gift for the family and an opportunity to grow in love, mutual aid and unity.

Future

The welfare of the family is decisive for the future of the world.

Comfort

The word of God is a source of comfort for every family that experiences difficulty or suffering.

Family

The family is the place where parents become their children’s first teachers in the faith.

Joy

The Joy of Love experienced by families is also the joy of the Church.

Service

I encourage you to bear witness to Christ in your personal life and families: a witness of gratuitousness, solidarity, spirit of service.

Moment

The Jubilee is a year-long celebration, in which every moment becomes a chance for us to grow in holiness.

Radiate

The Lord asks us to be men and women who radiate the truth, beauty and the life-changing power of the Gospel.

Baptism

Christian faith is a gift which we receive in Baptism and which allows us to encounter God.

Hope

Mercy: the bridge that connects God and man, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness.

Merciful

To be merciful means to grow in a love which is courageous, generous and real.

Holy Door

Passing through the Holy Door, let us put our trust in God’s grace, which can change our lives.

Migration

The phenomenon of migration raises a serious cultural issue which necessarily demands a response.

Welcome

If we open ourselves up to welcome God’s mercy for ourselves, in turn we become capable of forgiveness.

Face

Jesus shows us the real face of God, for whom power does not mean destruction but love, and for whom justice is not vengeance but mercy.

Christopher

Every Christian is a “Christopher”, that is, a bearer of Christ!

Triump

Jesus Christ is risen! Love has triumphed over hatred, life has conquered death, light has dispelled the darkness!

Mystery

To live Easter means to enter into the mystery of Jesus who died and rose for us.

Cross

The Cross is the word through which God has responded to evil in the world.

Sorrow

Impress, Lord, in our hearts the sentiments of faith, hope, love and sorrow for our sins.

End

Jesus loved us. Jesus loves us. Without limit, always, to the end.

Joy

Annointed with the oil of gladness to pass on the joy of the Gospel.

Scare

With how much love Jesus looks at us! With how much love He heals our sinful heart! Our sins never scare Him.

Brussels

I entrust to God's mercy all those who lost their lives. #Brussels

Seriously

Let us take our Christian calling seriously and commit to live as believers.

Jesus I trust in you

Let us come to Him and let us not be afraid! Let us come to Him and say from the depths of our hearts: “Jesus, I trust in You!”

Instagram

I am beginning a new journey, on Instagram, to walk with you along the path of mercy and the tenderness of God

Greater

The greater the sin, the greater the love that must be shown by the Church to those who repent.

Welcomed

No one can be excluded from the mercy of God. The Church is the house where everyone is welcomed and no one is rejected.

Reborn

As we exit the confessional, we will feel his strength which gives new life and restores ardor to the faith. After confession we are reborn.

Rich in mercy

God is truly “rich in mercy” and extends it abundantly upon those who appeal to Him with a sincere heart

Reconciliation

The Sacrament of Reconciliation allows us to draw near to the Father with trust to have the certainty of his forgiveness.

Pray

Pray for me

Caress

God has caressed us with his mercy. Let us bring God’s tender caress to others, to those who are in need.

Small gestures

Small gestures of love, of tenderness, of care, make people feel that the Lord is with us. This is how the door of mercy opens.

Attitude

My life, my attitude, the way of going through life, must really be a concrete sign of the fact that God is close to us.

Dignity

The Jubilee of Mercy is a propitious occasion to promote in the world ways to respect life and the dignity of each person.

Temptation

May the Lord free us from all temptation that separates us from what is essential in our mission and help rediscover the beauty of faith.

Tenderness

Jesus Christ, with his closeness and tenderness, leads sinners into the place of grace and pardon. This is the mercy of God.

Stronger

Open your heart to mercy! Divine mercy is stronger than the sins of men

Thank you

Thank you to Mexico and to all Mexicans. May the Lord and the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe accompany you always

Welcomed

I have felt welcomed and received with affection and hope by the Mexican people. Thank you for opening the doors to your lives.

Tears

Tears can generate a fracture which is able to open ourselves for conversion.

Assassins

Jesus would never ask us to be assassins; he calls us to be disciples. He would never send us to die. He invites us to life.

Hope

You have asked me for a word of hope: what I have to offer you has a name: Jesus Christ

Best

In Jesus I have met the one who is able to bring out the best in me

Eyes

Simply looking at you, O Mother, to have eyes only for you, looking upon you without saying anything... pic.twitter.com/CEBGRLC7ZJ

Young

Mexico has a young face. This makes it possible to contemplate and plan for a future, for a tomorrow. This offers hope.

Yes

Mary is the woman who says yes, a yes of surrender to God, a yes of surrender to her brothers and sisters. May we follow her example.

Tenderness

Dear Mexican friends, you are in my heart. Let us put our trust in the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe who always looks on us with tenderness.

Grace

Today is a day of grace. The meeting with Patriarch Kirill is a gift from God. Pray for us.

Eyes

In Mexico I will look into the eyes of the Virgin Mary and implore her to look upon us always with mercy. I entrust my journey to her.

Door

Entering through the Holy Door means discovering the depths of the Father’s mercy, who seeks each of us personally.

Space

God wants to live amidst his sons and daughters. Let us make space for him in our hearts.

Wonders

Mary, Mother of Jesus, help us to share the wonders of the Lord with all whom we meet on the way.

Open

As Christians, we cannot be self-centred, but must always be open to others and for others.

Rare

In today’s society, in which forgiveness is so rare, mercy is ever more important.

Forgotten

The Gospel calls us to be close to the poor and forgotten, and to give them real hope.

Oasis

Every Christian community should be an oasis of charity and warmth in the midst of a desert of solitude and indifference. 

Overcome

When we entrust ourselves to the Lord, we can overcome all obstacles that we encounter on the way. 

Comfort

When the world slumbers in comfort and selfishness, our Christian mission is to help it rouse from sleep

Mercy

In Jesus of Nazareth, mercy has appeared and lives

Side

Let us thank God who is merciful and ever at our side (