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Faith
 


Jesus came to heal the human heart and to give salvation, and he asks for faith in him.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
1 July 2012

 
 
 
Faith
 


‘This is the work of God: that you believe in him whom he has sent’. The center of existence — which is what gives meaning and certain hope in the all too often difficult journey of life — is faith in Jesus; It is the encounter with Christ.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
5 August 2012

 
 
 
Faith
 


Being tepid is the greatest danger for Christians. We pray that faith becomes like a fire in us and that it will set alight others.

 
Remarks
Opening of the Synod of Bishops
'The New Evangelization for the
Transmission of the Christian Faith'
Vatican City
8 October 2012

 
 
 
Faith
 


A Christian may never think of belief as a private act. Faith is choosing to stand with the Lord so as to live with Him.

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

 
 
 
Faith
 


The aim of all Christian education is to train the believer in an adult faith that can make him a "new creation", capable of bearing witness in his surroundings to the Christian hope that inspires him.

 
'Sacramentum Caritatis'
Apostolic Exortation

 
 
 
Faith
 


In our daily lives there are so many opportunities to proclaim this faith of ours to others simply and with conviction, so that from our encounter their faith can grow. And it is more urgent than ever that the men and women of our age know and encounter Jesus, and, also thanks to our example, allow themselves to be won over by him.

 
Regina Caeli
Castel Gandolfo
9 April 2007

 
 
 
Faith
 


Only through believing does faith grow and become stronger; there is no other possibility for possessing certitude with regard to one's life apart from self-abandonment in a continuous crescendo, into the hands of a love that seems to grow constantly because it has its origin in God.

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

 
 
 
Faith
 


'This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent. (Jn 6:29). Belief in Jesus Christ is the way to arrive definitively at salvation.

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

 

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