Daily Snippets from the words of Pope Francis

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" Dear friends , with Christ everyone can overcome the evil that is in us and in the world . Do we then feel weak , inadequate and incapable ? Don't believe the evil one who tells us , " You cannot do anything against violence , corruption , injustice , against your sins . That's the way it is , and you better get used to it . " WRONG ! With Christ we transform ourselves and the world by bringing about the victory of the cross of Christ , the sign of the great love of God to all and everywhere . "
 
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" Look once and a thousand times to the Virgin Mary . May she intercede with her Son for the appropriate gesture and word which will allow us to announce the Good News to everyone , keeping always in mind that the Church does not grow by proselytizing but by inviting and welcoming . "
 
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" The "yes" of Nazareth given by Mary in faith turns into charity . She who by the work of the Holy Spirit was made the mother of the Son , being moved by that same Spirit , was transformed into a servant of all for love of her Son . "
 
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" The mystery of the Church is very much linked to the mystery of Mary , the mother of God and mother of the Church . Mary bears and cares for us , so does the Church , and like Mary , the Church makes us grow . "
 
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" To collectively create a better reality within the limits and possibilities of history is an act of hope . It is not a matter of certainties or mere bets , neither of fate nor of chance . It demands beliefs and virtues . It is to put into play all the resources , plus an imponderable "extra" that gives it drama . "
 
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" The Christian paradox requires that the itinerary of the heart of the disciple is to leave in order to remain , to change in order to be faithful . Our task is to start living in full but in another way , by becoming witnesses and builders of another way of being human . By implementing our deepest conviction not only can things be changed , but we also realise that we need and can change them . "
 
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" We , Christians , believe that not everything is the same ; that we are not alone in the universe or aimlessly wondering in it without purpose . And this , which at first glance may seem so "spiritual" , can also be quite decisive and lead to a radical shift in our way of life , in the projects that we imagine and try to develop , in the certainties and values we hold and try to transmit . "
 
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" The Church was , is and will always be persecuted . The Lord already warned us to be prepared . The Church will be persecuted not precisely in the mediocre children who pact with the world as those renegades referred to in the Book Of Maccabees (cf 1 Maccabees 1:11-15) who are never persecuted , but in those other children who , amid the cloud of so many witnesses , opt to have their eyes fixed on Jesus and follow in his steps whatever the price may be . "
 
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" When what is sought is the "truth" , the "good" is also necessary . Both are always together , enhancing each other . The truth is not intended to split , attack , disqualify , and disintegrate . "
 
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" The apostle does not belong to himself/herself , but is buried with Christ . Any other way is to be ashamed of Christ and , therefore , to face the eschatological consequences : " If anyone is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation , also the Son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with his holy angels . " ( Mk 8:38 ) . "
 
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" The following of Jesus leaves the disciples to carry their own cross for the love of the Lord . An apostolic zeal understood as a "business" does not recognise the saving dimension of walking along the same path of torment and crucifixion Jesus went through , which could only be inflicted on those who were not Roman citizens.....The disciple has to be prepared to be taken as a "Roman criminal" and face the consequences as He did . "
 
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" All utopias contain not only a description of an ideal society but also an analysis of the mechanisms or strategies that could make the utopia possible . We could say that it is a projection into the future that tends to return to the present to take a vividly outlined shape and , then looks for the right meditations to make it a reality . "
 
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" There is nothing worse than a Christian educational institution conceived from uniformity and standard accepted behaviour......Our goal is not only to form "individuals useful to society" but also to educate people who can transform it ! This cannot be achieved by sacrificing the skills that lead to maturity , the deepening of knowledge , diversification of tastes because , finally , to reject those "results" will produce not "new men and women" but lifeless puppets of a consumerist society . "
 
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" A society that tends to turn people into puppets of production and consumption always opts for results . It needs control ; it cannot give rise to novelty without seriously compromising its purposes and without increasing the degree of already existing conflict . It prefers that the other be completely predictable in order to acquire the maximum profit with a minimum of expenditure . "
 
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I think of the difficulties which, in various countries, today afflicts the world of work and business; I think of how many, and not just young people, are unemployed, many times due to a purely economic conception of society, which seeks selfish profit, beyond the parameters of social justice. (1/5/13)
 
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The financial crisis which we are experiencing makes us forget that its ultimate origin is to be found in a profound human crisis. In the denial of the primacy of human beings! We have created new idols. The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal. (61/5/13)
 
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While the income of a minority is increasing exponentially, that of the majority is crumbling. This imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to States, which are themselves charged with providing for the common good. (16/5/13)
 
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I encourage the financial experts and the political leaders of your countries to consider the words of Saint John Chrysostom: “Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.” (16/5/13)
 
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