Pope Francis Quotes About Mercy
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I think we too are the people who, on the one hand, want to listen to Jesus, but on the other hand, at times, like to find a stick to beat others with, to condemn others. And Jesus has this message for us: mercy. I think - and I say it with humility - that this is the Lord's most powerful message: mercy.
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We cannot trust in our own strength, but only in Jesus and in his mercy.
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Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.
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Amid so many problems, even grave, may we not lose our hope in the infinite mercy of God.
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Let us be renewed by God's mercy ... and let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish.
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Let us not grow tired of knocking at God's door. Let us go to the heart of God through Mary, our whole life, every day, knocking at the door of God's heart! Mary prays - prays together with the community of disciples, and teaches us to have full faith in God, in his mercy. This is the power of prayer!
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May both of them [Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II] teach us not to be scandalized by the wounds of Christ and to enter ever more deeply into the mystery of divine mercy, which always hopes and always forgives, because it always loves.
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We are all sinners. But God heals us with an abundance of grace, mercy and tenderness
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It is by God’s mercy that we are saved. May we never tire of spreading this joyful message to the world.
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Mercy is the very foundation of the Church's life...The Church's very credibility is seen in how she shows merciful and compassionate love...Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life and instills in us the courage to look to the future with hope.
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May every Church and Christian community be a place of mercy amid so much indifference.
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Forgiveness is not a result of our efforts, but is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit who showers us with mercy and grace that pours forth unceasingly from the open heart of Christ crucified and risen.
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May we always say thank you to God, especially for his patience and mercy.
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Given - and this is the fundamental thing - that God's mercy has no limits, if He is approached with a sincere and repentant heart, the question for those who do not believe in God is to abide by their own conscience. There is sin, also for those who have no faith, in going against one's conscience. Listening to it and abiding by it means making up one's mind about what is good and evil.
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Jesus receives us with all of our limitations, He bring us the mercy of the Father who forgives us, and transforms our heart, rendering it a new heart, capable of loving Him, who loved His own to the end (cf. John 13:1). And this love is manifested in his mercy. Jesus always forgives us.
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A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.
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Jesus intercedes for us each day. Let us pray: Lord, have mercy on me; intercede for me!
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Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.
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Above all, you ask if the God of Christians forgives those who do not believe and who do not seek faith. Given the premise, and this is fundamental, that the mercy of God is limitless for those who turn to him with a sincere and contrite heart, the issue for the unbeliever lies in obeying his or her conscience.
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The time has come for the Church to take up the joyful call to mercy once more. It is time to return to the basics and to bear the weaknesses and struggles of our brothers and sisters. Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life and instils in us the courage to look to the future with hope.
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I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy which spurs us on to do our best. A small step, in the midst of great human limitations, can be more pleasing to God than a life which appears outwardly in order but moves through the day without confronting great difficulties. Everyone needs to be touched by the comfort and attraction of God’s saving love, which is mysteriously at work in each person, above and beyond their faults and failings.
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Jesus kept his wounds so that we would experience his mercy. This is our strength and our hope.
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Let us never forget this, he is pure mercy, let us go to Jesus!
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Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.
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The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.
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Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.
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Without mercy, we have little chance nowadays of becoming part of a world of 'wounded' persons in need of understanding, forgiveness, love.
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The mercy of Jesus is not just sentiment: indeed it is a force that gives life, that raises man up!
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God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.
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And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.
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