Alone

Jesus does not leave us alone because we are precious to Him.

Fidelity

Pope Francis @Pontifex·3h

In witnessing to the faith what counts is not success, but fidelity to Christ.

St Dominic

Today we give glory to God for the work of Saint Dominic in the service of the Gospel which he preached with his words and his life.

Forgive

Forgiveness sets our hearts free and allows us to start anew.  Forgiveness gives hope. Without forgiveness, the Church is not built up.

Hope

Hope is the virtue of a heart that doesn't lock itself into darkness, that doesn't dwell on the past, but is able to see a tomorrow.

Gifts

Other people are gifts to be received with respect, especially if they are weak and frail, because Christ comes to meet us in them.

Possible

In the name of Jesus we can make known, through our witness, that peace is possible!

Contagious

The Gospel is Good News filled with contagious joy, for it contains and offers new life.

Reward

We effectively do good when we do it without seeking reward and in the concrete situations of everyday life.

St Ignatius of Loyola

Like Saint Ignatius of Loyola, let us be won over by the Lord Jesus and, led by Him, place ourselves at the service of others.

Slavery

We call on all people of faith and good will to take action and oppose modern slavery in all its forms.

Charlie

Pope Francis @Pontifex·14h

I entrust little Charlie to the Father and pray for his parents and all those who loved him.

Grandparents

How important grandparents are for family life, for passing on the human and religious heritage so essential for each and every society!

Help

When we need help, let us turn to the Father who always looks on us with love and never abandons us.

Instrumentalization

We must overcome all forms of racism, of intolerance and of the instrumentalization of the human person.

Holy Mountain

Let us be led by the Virgin Mary on the path that leads to the holy mountain that is Christ, where God and man meet.

Europe

 Europe has a unique patrimony of ideals and spiritual values, one that deserves to be proposed again with passion and renewed vigour.

Star of the sea

I entrust sailors, fishermen, and all those in difficulty on the seas faraway from home, to the motherly protection of Mary, Star of the Sea

Migrants

Migrants are our brothers and sisters in search of a better life, far away from poverty, hunger, and war.

Street preachers

How beautiful it is to see when young people are “street preachers”, joyfully bringing Jesus to every street and every corner of the earth!

Service

Pope Francis @Pontifex·21h

A Christian’s mission in the world is splendid, it is a mission intended for everyone, it is a mission of service, excluding no one!

Defend

To defend human life, above all when it is wounded by illness, is a duty of love that God entrusts to all.

Feed

There is great need to feed Christian hope, which gives us a new view capable of discovering and seeing the good.

Peter & Paul

May we entrust ourselves to the intercession of Sts Peter and Paul in order to give witness to God’s liberating action on us.

Look with love

God looks with love upon every one of us.

Gaze

Sharpen your gaze in order to see the signs God shows us in reality.

Torture

Pope Francis @Pontifex·22h

I repeat the firm condemnation of every form of torture and call on everyone to work for its abolishment and support victims and families.

Irreplaceable

Each one of us is precious; each one of us is irreplaceable in God’s eyes.

Mercy

Pope Francis @Pontifex·Jun 24

Mercy warms the heart and makes it sensitive to the needs of brothers and sisters with sharing and participation.

Margins

Go forth and reach out to all people at the margins of society! Go there and be the Church, with the strength of the Holy Spirit.

Let us not be distracted by the false wisdom of this world, but to follow Jesus as the one sure guide who gives meaning to our life.

Dignity

We must not turn our backs on the new forms of poverty and marginalization that prevent people from living a life of dignity.

Refugees

The personal encounter with refugees dispels fears and distorted ideologies and becomes a factor for growth in humanity.

Standing together

None of us is an island, autonomous and independent from others. We can only build the future by standing together, including everyone.

Broken

Pope Francis @Pontifex·5h

Jesus was broken; he is broken for us. This is the Eucharist. And he asks us to give ourselves, to break ourselves, as it were, for others.

Cry

Care for the environment is always a social concern as well. Let us hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.7:30 AM · Jun 17, 2017

Good intentions

Love requires a creative, concrete response. Good intentions are not enough. The other is not a statistic, but a person to take care of.

Interactions

Everyone's existence is tied to that of others: life is not time merely passing by, life is about interactions.

Penitence

There is much need of prayer and penitence to implore the grace of conversion and an end to the many wars throughout the world.

Passion

In his passion, Jesus took upon himself all our suffering. He knows the meaning of pain, he understands and comforts us, giving us strength.

Missionary

The Church shines forth when she is missionary, welcoming, free, faithful, poor in means and rich in love.

Leaven

The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity invites us to be a leaven of communion, consolation and mercy.

Generosity

Life can survive only because of the generosity of other lives.

Unity

Each one of us, as a living member of the Body of Christ, is called to work for unity and peace.

Strength

Humility and tenderness are not virtues of the weak, but of the strong.

Every day saints

The Church needs everyday saints, those of ordinary life carried out with coherence.

Flesh

Let’s always remember that our faith is concrete: the Word became flesh, not an idea!

Patrimony

We must never forget that the natural environment is a collective good, the patrimony of all humanity and the responsibility of everyone

Humble

Let us allow ourselves to be humbly led by the Holy Spirit in order to avoid taking the wrong road and closing our hearts.

Protect

Let us promote with courage all necessary means to protect the lives of our children.

Overcome

Through the darkness of today's conflicts, every one of us can become a bright candle, a reminder that light will overcome darkness.

Parents

I thank God for parents who strive to live in love and keep moving forward, even if they fall many times along the way.

Signs

Let us learn from the strong and helpful faith of our Mother Mary in order to become living signs of God’s mercy.

Joy

Christian joy comes from the Holy Spirit, who gives us true freedom and the gift of bringing Jesus to our brothers and sisters.

Mother

The motherly presence of Mary reminds us that God never tires of lowering himself in mercy over humanity.

Constructive

I encourage everyone to engage in constructive forms of communication that reject prejudice towards others and foster hope and trust today.

Coptic

Let us pray for our Coptic brethren in Egypt who were killed because they did not want to renounce the faith.

Life

The future of our societies requires concrete action in favor of life on the part of everyone and especially institutions.

Ascension

With the Ascension of Jesus, we participate in the fullness of life with God. Let us carry this in our hearts in our daily lives.

China

Let us pray with Catholics in China, entrusting ourselves to Mary, for the grace to endure patiently and overcome challenges with love.

Dialogue

Dialogue allows us to plan for a future in common. Through dialogue we build peace, taking care of everyone.

Others

We are called to live not as one without others, above or against others, but with and for others.

Hope

Mary teaches us to place our hope in God even when all seems without meaning, even when He seems hidden.

Peace Justice

Peace must be built on justice, on integral human development, on respect for human rights, on the protection of creation.

Tone

Let us seek to always hold high the “tone” of our life, remembering the goal and glory for which we exist, work, struggle and suffer.

Flowers

God makes His most beautiful flowers grow among the driest stones.

Living

22hPope Francis @Pontifex

Our hope is the Lord Jesus whom we recognize as living and present in us and in our brothers and sisters.

Eyes

Jesus asks to be looked in the eye, to be acknowledged, to be loved.

Follow

Let us ask for the grace to follow Jesus faithfully, not in words but in deeds, and to have the patience to carry our own cross.

Word

21hPope Francis @Pontifex

Let us all ask for the gift to understand God’s word.

Mantle

Fatima is more than anything this mantle of Light where we take refuge when we ask the Virgin Mary: “show unto us Jesus”.

Revolutionary

Whenever we look to Mary, we come to believe once again in the revolutionary nature of love and tenderness.

Concord

Here in Fatima, I give praise to Christ, our peace, and I implore for the world  concord among all peoples.

Pilgrims

I ask everyone to join me as pilgrims of hope and peace: may your hands in prayer continue to support mine.

Strength

23hPope Francis @Pontifex

With Mary, as a pilgrim of hope and peace I travel to Fatima tomorrow.Let us see in her that everything is God’s gift and He is our strength

Candle

God is greater than nothingness, and a lit candle is enough to overcome the darkest of nights.

Everyone

Everyone has something to give to society; no one is excluded from contributing to the good of all.

Vanquished

May Jesus, who vanquished the darkness of sin and death, grant peace to our days.

Fully human

Let us be challenged by the words and actions of Jesus, and welcome his call to a life that is fully human, happy to spend itself in love.

Rejoice

Rejoice! Hidden within your life is a seed of resurrection, an offer of life ready to be awakened!

Desert

In every age, the Risen Christ tirelessly seeks us, his brothers and sisters, wandering in the deserts of this world.

Newness

Let us allow ourselves to be surprised by the newness that Christ alone can give. May his tenderness and love guide our steps.

Poor

May our attitude be gentle and humble, attentive to caring for the poor.

Cooperation

Let’s work together to increase solidarity and sharing. Cooperation helps to build better and more peaceful societies.

Dream

May Saint Joseph give young people the ability to dream, to take risks for big tasks, the things that God dreams for us.

Slavery

By his resurrection, Jesus Christ has set us free from the slavery of sin and death, and has opened before us the way to eternal life.

Gratuitous

The presence of Jesus can be communicated through our lives and the language of gratuitous and concrete love.

Pilgrims

May the Lord today grant us to set out together as pilgrims of communion and messengers of peace.

Walk

We are called to walk together, in the conviction that the future also depends on the encounter of religions and cultures.

Egypt

Please pray for my journey tomorrow as a pilgrim of peace to Egypt.

Friendship

Let’s promote friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions in order to build a world of peace.

Alive

He died, He was buried, He rose and He appeared. Jesus is alive! This is the heart of the Christian message.

Temptation

If we had God’s Word always in our heart, no temptation could separate us from God.

Tired

Let us pray for the grace to never grow tired of drawing from the well of the Father’s mercy and bringing it to the world.

Forever

God’s mercy is forever; it never ends, it never runs out, it never gives up when faced with closed doors, and it never tires.

Healing

Lord, bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.

Lowest

Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex When we have reached the lowest point of our misery and our weakness, the Risen Christ gives us the strength to rise again.

New

Since Christ is resurrected, we can look with new eyes and a new heart at every event of our lives, even the most negative ones.

Meditate

Let us meditate with wonder and gratitude on the great mystery of the Lord’s Resurrection.

Resurrection

During this week of Easter it would do us good every day to read a passage from the Gospel which speaks of the Resurrection of Christ.

Sure

Yes, we are sure of it: Christ indeed from death is risen!

Joy and hope

Happy Easter! May you bring to all the joy and hope of the Risen Christ!

Separate

Apr 15 Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Today is the celebration of our hope, the celebration of this truth: nothing and no one will ever be able to separate us from God’s love.

Darkness

O Cross of Christ, teach us that the rising of the sun is more powerful than the darkness of night, and God's eternal love wins always.

Overflow

It is good for us to break out of our set ways, because it is proper to the Heart of God to overflow with tenderness, with ever more to give

Victorious

While the mystery of evil is profound, the reality of God’s Love poured out through Jesus is infinite and victorious.

Service

Jesus comes to save us; we are called to choose his way: the way of service, of giving, of forgetfulness of ourselves.

Mystery

During this Holy Week let us focus our gaze on Jesus and ask for the grace to better understand the mystery of his sacrifice for our sake.

Cross

O Cross of Christ, inspire in us a desire for God, for goodness and for light.

Yes

Dear young friends, don’t be afraid to say “yes” to Jesus with all your heart, to respond generously and to follow him!

Rise

Lent is a period of repentance aimed at enabling ourselves to rise with Christ, to renew our baptismal identity.

Surprises

Hope helps believers to be open to the surprises God has in store for us.

Footsteps

Let us follow in the footsteps of Christ, especially by dedicating ourselves to our brothers and sisters in need.

Mines

Today is the International Day of Mine Awareness. Let us please renew the commitment for a world without mines!

Hope

Lent is, by nature, a time of hope because it leads us to be born anew “of the spirit”, by the love of God.

Holy Spirit

When the Holy Spirit abides in our hearts, it is he who makes us understand that the Lord is near and takes care of us.

Greater

9h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Even in the hardest and most disturbing moments, the Lord’s mercy and goodness are greater than every thing.

Humility

Fasting with a proud heart does more harm than good. The first fast is for humility.

Prayer

12h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Prayer is powerful. Prayer conquers evil. Prayer brings peace.

Always with us

The peace that springs from faith is a gift: it is the grace of feeling that God loves us and that he is always beside us.

Grace

If we learn to read everything in the light of the Holy Spirit, we realize that everything is grace!

Sacred

Caring for the sacred gift of all human life, from conception to death, is the best way of preventing every type of violence.

Lent

Lent is a favourable season for deepening our spiritual life through fasting, prayer and almsgiving.

conversion

The word of God is alive and powerful, capable of bringing about the conversion of hearts.

Persecution

Let us remember our Christian brothers and sisters who are suffering persecution for their faith. May we be united with them.

Concrete

Fasting is fruitful when accompanied by concrete expressions of love towards our neigbors, especially those in difficulty.

Certainty

May the certainty of faith be the engine of our lives.

Hope

Even if we may be men and women of little faith, the Lord saves us. We must always have hope in the Lord!

Seeds

It is vital that we sow the seeds of goodness in order to cultivate justice, foster accord, and sustain integration, without growing weary.

Fathers

May St Joseph, Spouse of Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, bless you and watch over you. And best wishes to fathers!

Invite

I invite you not to build walls but bridges, to conquer evil with good, offence with forgiveness, to live in peace with everyone.

Abstain

11h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Fasting means not only abstaining from food, but also from any unhealthy attachment, and especially sin.

Close

The Church wishes to be close to each person with the love, compassion and consolation that come from Christ.

Word

The word of God helps us to open our eyes to welcome and love life, especially when it is weak and vulnerable.

Weak

Let us pray for one another so that we may open our doors to the weak and poor.

Rediscover

May the Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gift of God’s word.

Renew

Lent is the favourable season for renewing our encounter with Christ, living in his word, in the sacraments and in our neighbour.

Peace

11h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex The road from love to hate is easy. The one from hate to love is more difficult, but brings peace.

Happy face

3h Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex Let us strive to fast during Lent with a smile, rather than a long face.

Pray

17mPope Francis‏ @Pontifex

I ask, please, for your prayers for me and my collaborators, who until Friday will be on retreat.