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Following Christ
 


Be zealous witnesses to Christ.
When the work in the Lord's vineyard seems in vain, like the Apostles nighttime efforts, it must not be forgotten that Jesus is capable of overturning everything in a moment.

 
Homily
Piazza Ducale
Vigevano, Italy
21 April 2007

 
 
 
Following Christ
 


Holiness, that is, going to meet Christ who comes ceaselessly to visit us, does not go out of fashion. On the contrary, as time passes, it shines brightly and expresses the perennial striving for God of humankind.

 
Homily
Basilica of San Lorenzo
Rome
30 November 2008

 
 
 
Following Christ
 


Jesus asks you, as He asked them (the disciples), to follow Him with a sincere and firm faith. Listen, then, to His word and meditate upon it every day.

 
Homily
Piazza Ducale
Vigevano, Italy
21 April 2007

 
 
 
Following Christ
 


This season… invites us to live our ordinary life as a journey of holiness, that is, of faith and friendship with Jesus continually discovered and rediscovered as Teacher and Lord, the Way, the Truth and the Life of man.

 
Angelus Address
St. Peter's Square
15 January 2006

 
 
 
Following Christ
 


Christ did not promise an easy life. Those who desire comforts have dialed the wrong number. Rather, he show us the way to great things: the good, toward an authentic life.

 
Address to German Pilgrims
25 April 2005

 
 
 
Following Christ
 


The exhortation of Jesus to His disciples:
'Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest' has a constant resonance in the Church. Pray! The urgent call of the Lord stresses that prayer for vocations should be continuous and trusting.

 
Message for
46th World Day of Prayer
for Vocations
31 March 2009

 
 
 
Following Christ
 


We are united in the confession Peter made on behalf of all the disciples at Caesarea Philippi: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God". Let us together bring this confession to the contemporary world.

 
Homily
Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul
St Peter's Basilica
29 June 2006

 
 
 
Following Christ
 


Christ is looking for men and women who will help him to affirm his victory using his own weapons: the weapons of justice and truth, mercy, forgiveness and love.

 
URBI ET ORBI MESSAGE
Easter 2009

 

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