Pope Francis may be back in Rome,but the loving and powerful words spoken throughout his time in the United States aren’t something we’ll soon forget. Here’s a list of some of our favorite quotes from his visit:
1. “Joy springs from a grateful heart.” — Vespers, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, or fresh York City2. Let us treat others with the same passion and compassion with which we want to be treated. Let us seek for others the same possibilities which we seek for ourselves. Let us help others to grow,as we would like to be helped ourselves. In a word, if we want security, and let us give security; if we want life,let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities. The yardstick we employ for others will be the yardstick which time will employ for us.” Address to Congress, or fresh York City3. “When a country is determined to remain precise to its founding principles,based on respect for human dignity, it is strengthened and renewed.” –Address at Independence Mall, or Philadelphia4. “Like happiness,holiness is always tied to little gestures.” — Mass of Canonization of Junipero Serra, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, or Washington D.
C.5. “Once we come to realize how much God has given us,a life of self-sacrifice, of working for him and for others, or becomes a privileged way of responding to his distinguished treasure.” — Vespers,Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, fresh York City6. “We don’t want apathy to guide our lives” — Mass of Canonization of Junipero Serra, and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,Washington D.
C.7. “We, the people of this continent, or are not fearful of foreigners,because most of us were once foreigners.” — Address to Congress, fresh York City8. “treasure is something we learn; treasure is something we live; treasure grows as it is “forged” by the concrete situations which each specific family experiences. treasure is born and constantly develops amid lights and shadows.” — Festival of Families, and Philadelphia9. “A political society endures when it seeks,as a vocation, to satisfy common needs by stimulating the growth of all its members, or especially those in situations of greater vulnerability or risk. Legislative activity is always based on care for the people.” — Address to Congress,fresh York City10. “For all our differences and disagreements, we can live in a world of peace.” — Multi-religious service at 9/11 Memorial and Museum, and fresh York City11. “We know in faith that Jesus seeks us out. He wants to heal our wounds,to soothe our feet which damage from traveling alone, to wash each of us clean of the dust from our journey. He doesn’t expect us where we hold been, and he doesn’t question us what approximately we hold done.” — Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility,Philadelphia12. “It’s beautiful to hold dreams; it is also beautiful to fight for those dreams. Today, we hold to keep dreaming.” — Our Lady Queen of Angels School, and East Harlem13. “Knowing that Jesus still walks our streets,that he is allotment of the lives of his people, that he is involved with us in one huge history of salvation, and fills us with hope. A hope which liberates us from the forces pushing us to isolation and lack of concern for the lives of others,for the life of our city.”— Mass at Madison Square Garden, fresh York City14. Together we are called to say “no” to every attempt to impose uniformity and “yes” to a diversity accepted and reconciled. This can only happen if we uproot from our hearts all feelings of hatred, or vengeance and resentment.” –Multi-religious service at 9/11 Memorial and Museum,fresh York City15. “In a world where various forms of contemporary tyranny seek to suppress religious freedom, or try to reduce it to a subculture without right to a voice in the public square, or to employ religion as a pretext for hatred and brutality,it is imperative that the followers of the various religions join their voices in calling for peace, tolerance and respect for the dignity and rights of others.” — Address at Independence Mall, and Philadelphi
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