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Faith
 


To believe is to attach ourselves to God, to live in him.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
15 August 2006

 
 
 
Faith
 


Be conscious of the wonderful legacy passed down to you from previous generations. So many faith-filled people have been courageous in handing down the faith in the face of trials and incomprehension. Let us never forget that we are links in a great chain of men and women who have transmitted the truth of the faith and who depend on us to pass it on to others.

 
Message for 28th WYD
Vatican City
18 October 2012

 
 
 
Faith
 


Faith is choosing to stand with the Lord so as to live with him.

 
Apostolic Letter
“MOTU PROPRIO DATA”
PORTA FIDEI

 
 
 
Faith
 


Many of you wear a cross on a chain around your neck. I too wear one... It is not a mere decoration or a piece of jewelry. It is the precious symbol of our faith, the visible and material sign that we belong to Christ.

 
Vespers
Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Paris, France
12 September 2008

 
 
 
Faith
 


Jesus wishes to bring us to powerfully profess our faith in him so that we may then proclaim and witness to our brethren the joy of the encounter with him and the marvels that his love works in our existence.

 
FOURTH NATIONAL ECCLESIAL CONVENTION
Verona, Italy
19 October 2006

 
 
 
Faith
 


Faith is not merely a cultural heritage, but the constant working of the grace of God who calls and our human freedom, which can respond or not to his call.

 
Homily
Fifth World Meeting of Families
Valencia, Spain
9 July 2006

 
 
 
Faith
 


By faith, the disciples formed the first community, gathered around the teaching of the Apostles, in prayer, in celebration of the Eucharist, holding their possessions in common so as to meet the needs of the brethren (cf. Acts 2:42-47).

 
Apostolic Letter
'MOTU PROPRIO DATA'
PORTA FIDEI
For the indication of the Year of Faith

 
 
 
Faith
 


Faith in Jesus, the Son of the living God, is the means through which, time and time again, we can take hold of Jesus’ hand...
and in which he takes our hands and guides us.

 
Homily
Chrism Mass
13 April, 2006

 

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