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Rezem Por Mim Citações do Papa Francisco
"Foram buscar-me ao fim do mundo." As primeiras palavras do Papa Francisco calaram fundo no coração de milhões de fiéis. A escolha do colégio de Cardeais surpreendeu o mundo e abriu três precedentes inesperados. Jorge Mario Bergoglio é o primeiro Papa oriundo da América Latina. É também o primeiro jesuíta a ser eleito para o mais alto cargo da Igreja Católica e o primeiro a escolher o nome "Francisco" em honra de S. Francisco de Assis, um exemplo máximo de humildade e abnegação. Rezem por Mim - Citações do Papa Francisco revela-nos o essencial do pensamento deste Papa extraordinário. De temas tão polémicos como a eutanásia, o aborto ou o casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo a conceitos fundamentais do Cristianismo como o amor, a família, a dignidade e a fé, este é um livro obrigatório para todos - religiosos ou não - os que desejam conhecer o homem que está a revolucionar a Igreja e a renovar a fé e a esperança um pouco por todo o mundo.
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December 8, 2025
«Curiosamente, temos mais informação do que nunca, e no entanto não sabemos o que se passa.»
Talvez seja porque somos bombardeados com demasiada informação e, ao mesmo tempo, estamos sôfregos em obtê-la. Todavia, o mais importante é aprender a pensar, é pensá-la e não adquiri-la.
Talvez seja porque somos bombardeados com demasiada informação e, ao mesmo tempo, estamos sôfregos em obtê-la. Todavia, o mais importante é aprender a pensar, é pensá-la e não adquiri-la.
February 22, 2014
A short book of quotes from writings from the pope's homilies and letters before he was pope. Having attended a Jesuit high school, most of the homilies reminded me of the "social justice" lectures we would recieve every liturgy. I was curious as to the pope's philosophies, and this short book categorized the quotes alphabetically by topic. I feel compelled to find longer messages from the pope, as this book seems to have been thrown together by editors who googled public speeches by the pope and copied them into a self-help book soon after his papalcy was announced. I think there were even some repeats in different categories. Certainly lived up to the title, with ample references to the quotes making up the last half of the tiny book.
October 6, 2016
*I won a free copy of this book from Goodreads' First Reads Program.
This book is exactly what it says it is: a collection of quotes from then-archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Bergoglio. These quotes clarify his opinions on matters of faith and morals and offers some insight into how he may lead the Catholic Church.
It's hard to rate a book like this because it isn't a literary work but snippets of conversation. I give it a 4/5 stars. Pope Francis in His Own Words is a good read for those who are concerned about the near future of the Catholic Church and what kind of pope Francis I will be.
This book is exactly what it says it is: a collection of quotes from then-archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Bergoglio. These quotes clarify his opinions on matters of faith and morals and offers some insight into how he may lead the Catholic Church.
It's hard to rate a book like this because it isn't a literary work but snippets of conversation. I give it a 4/5 stars. Pope Francis in His Own Words is a good read for those who are concerned about the near future of the Catholic Church and what kind of pope Francis I will be.
May 5, 2013
I received this book through good reads, it is snippets of what the current pope has said in the past and his views and opinions on things. It was great, easy reading and straight to the point. we all enjoyed it.
November 6, 2013
A thoughtful collection of quotes from various speeches and homilies given by Pope Francis both before and after his elevation to the role as pope. It has some very good ideals, not just of religious nature.
February 1, 2015
Pope Francis chose the name 'Francis' because Saint Francis was the man of the poor and a man of peace.. This clever, sympathetic and kindly Pope is arguably trying to live up to his name. For example, he said that he'd just go with the guys on the bus after being elected, and he often attempts to be a peacemaker.
This book is full of wise quotes from the reforming Pope who surprises everyone by sticking to the principles of the Catholic church but also being understanding about minorities, such as gay people. This book includes quotes on controversial subjects, such as euthanasia and abortion. But it also has helpful quotations for Christians, such as the experience of the dark night of the soul and learning how to love. He said that: 'No one knows how to love; we learn every day'.
This is a book that many Christians and admirers of the Pope will want to keep as one of their treasured books.
This book is full of wise quotes from the reforming Pope who surprises everyone by sticking to the principles of the Catholic church but also being understanding about minorities, such as gay people. This book includes quotes on controversial subjects, such as euthanasia and abortion. But it also has helpful quotations for Christians, such as the experience of the dark night of the soul and learning how to love. He said that: 'No one knows how to love; we learn every day'.
This is a book that many Christians and admirers of the Pope will want to keep as one of their treasured books.
February 26, 2017
A wonderful little book! It not only shows the richness and depth of Pope Francis, but at the same time makes his timeless teachings easy to read and understand. My respect for him as only deepened after reading this tiny tome.
January 26, 2015
An honest account giving us a better look into the everyday concepts as they are understood by the then cardinal Bergoglio with a dash of that well-known humor (that Tango must've really done something). Felt very light to read.
April 13, 2016
Mi frase favorita: "Recen por mi". Que humildad y gran ejemplo de vida.
August 20, 2015
Insightful look at the public statements of the man we now know as Pope Francis.
Julie Schwietert Collazo and Lisa Rogak, “Pope Francis In His Own Words” (London: William Collins, 2013).
On Age & Ageing
“Let us give with wisdom to the youth: like good wine that improves with age, let us give the youth the wisdom of our lives. Address to cardinals, The Vatican Today, 15 march 2013 (p9)
“The old person is the transmitter of history, he who brings us memories, the memory of our people, of our country, of our family, culture, and religion … he has lived a long time, and even if he's done so as a fool, he deserves serious consideration.” - Sobre El Cielo y La Tiera, 2010. (p9)
On Art and Artists
“Artists know well that beauty isn't solely consoling, but that it can also be disturbing. The grand masters have known how to present with beauty those realities of the human condition that are most tragic and painful.” Dissertation of the Archbishop in ADEPA, 6 April 2006 (14)
The White Crucifixion by Marc Chagall.
Mary Untier of Knots, a painting by Johann George Melchior Schmidtner, a Baroque painter.
On Baptising the Children of Single Parents
The child has absolutely no responsibility for the sate of his parents' marriage. And often a baptism can be a new start for the parents aswell.” 30 Giorni, August 2009. (p18)
On The Christian Life
“In the life of every Christian … there will be the experience of the desert, of interior purification, of the dark night.” Homily, 11 March 2006. (p33)
On the Church
“The Church is Mother and talks to the people as a mother talks to her child, with that confidence that the child already knows that everything he is being taught is for his good, because he knows he is loved.” Homily, 23 April 2007. (p35)
“I must not be scandlaized by the fact that the Church is my mother: I must look at its sins and shortcomings as I would look at my mother's sins and shortcomings. And when I think of her, I remember the good and beautiful things she has achieved, more than her weaknesses and defects. A mother defends herself with a heart that is filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the Church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.” America Magazine, 13 March 2013. (p36)
“We don't have to expect everything from those who govern us; that would be juvenile.” Homily, 25 May 2003.” (p40)
ON DEATH
Death is on my mind every day. - El Jesuita, 2010. (p44)
ON GOD
What God cares about most is that we are his friends.” - Homily, 17 April 2003. (p.60)
ON GOSSIP
What is gossip? It's a truth taken out of context. - El Jesuita, 2010 (p.63)
ON HOMILIES
“A good Sunday homily should have the taste of that new wine, which renews the heart of he who is preaching as it renews that of his listeners. - Speech, Homilies in Latin America, 19 January 2005. (p.65)
The homily is not so much a moment of mediation and catechism as it is a living dialogue between God and his people.” - Speech, Homilies in Latin America, 19 January 2005. (p.65)
ON HOMOSEXUALITY
The religious ministry sometimes calls attention to certain points of private or public life because it is the guide of its parishioners. What it does not have the right to do is force a [specific kind of] private life on anyone. If God, in His creation, ran the risk of making us free, who am I to meddle? - - Sobre El Cielo y La Tiera, 2010. (p66)
ON HOPE
Hope is the capacity to weigh everything and keep the best of each thing. Of discerning. - Annual Message to Educational Communities, Easter 2000. (p.66)
ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
The inclusion or exclusion of the wounded person by the wayside defines all economic, political, social and religious projects. All of us, each day, are presented with the option of being Good Samaritans or indifferent passers-by. - AP Worldstream, 17 April 2005. (p.112)
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
We try to reach out to people who are far away, via digital means, the web and brief messaging. - Vatican Insider, 24 February 2012. (p.113)
ON SUFFERING
Happy are we who, upon hearing the call to justice, feel our insides burn when we see the misery of millions of people in the world. - Homily, 25 May 2006 (p.114).
ON TEACHERS
You [teachers] stand daily before boys and girls, who are full of possibilities, desires, fears and real lack. Children who are demanding, waiting, criticizing, pleading in their own way, [who are] infinitely alone, in need, terrified [and yet] persistently trusting in you, even if they present a face of indifference, disinterest or rage. They're alert, waiting to see if you'll offer them something different, or if you'll just close yet another door in their face. - Homily, Easter 2005. (p.116)
ON TECHNOLOGY
New realities demand new responses. - Annual Message to Educational Communities, Easter 2000. (p.117)
It's obvious that we can't opt out of being part of the 'information society' in which we live, but what we can do is take our time to analyze, to lay out possibilities, to visualize consequences, to exchange points of view and to listen to other voices. - Annual Message to Educational Communities, Easter 2005. (p.117)
Technology can help create or disorient. It can recreate things and inform us about reality, thus helping us see the options and decisions before us, or it can, on the contrary, create virtual simulations, illusions ,fantasies and fiction. - Homily, 2002. (p.118)
ON TIME
The things that are truly important require time: to learn a craft or a profession, to know a person and establish an enduring relationship of love or friendship, to know how to distinguish the important from the things we can do without. - Homily, Easter 2005. (p.119)
ON TRUTH
Truth, goodness, and beauty are inseparable. - Dissertation of the Archbishop in ADEPA, 6 April 2006. (p.121)
ON UNITY
To walk as a people is always slower. - Letter of the Archbishop to the Catholics of Buenos Aires, August 2004. (p.122).
ON WAITING
The capacity to wait is probably one of the most important things we have to learn. - Homily, Easter 2005. (p.125)
ON WASHING THE FEET OF AIDS PATIENTS
This gesture is an invitation to the heart of every Christian, because we never lose if we imitate Jesus, if we serve our suffering brothers. - Wall Street Journal, 14 March 2013. (p.126).
ON WOMEN
Women's presence in the Church hasn't been emphasized much because the temptation of machismo didn't allow a space to make visible the place of women in the community. - Sobre El Cielo y La Tiera, 2010. (p129)
ON WORK
I thank my father so much for sending me to work [at the age of 13]. Working was one of those things that made me a better person, and, in particular, in the laboratory [where he worked], I learned the good and the bad of all human labour. - El Jesuita, 2010 (p.130).
A person who works should take time to rest, to spend time with family, to enjoy [life], to read, listen to music, play a sport. When work doesn't allow room for healthy leisure time, for restorative rest, then it enslaves [the worker]. - El Jesuita, 2010 (p.131).
Man is not made for work; work is made for man. - El Jesuita, 2010 (p.131).
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Julie Schwietert Collazo and Lisa Rogak, “Pope Francis In His Own Words” (London: William Collins, 2013).
On Age & Ageing
“Let us give with wisdom to the youth: like good wine that improves with age, let us give the youth the wisdom of our lives. Address to cardinals, The Vatican Today, 15 march 2013 (p9)
“The old person is the transmitter of history, he who brings us memories, the memory of our people, of our country, of our family, culture, and religion … he has lived a long time, and even if he's done so as a fool, he deserves serious consideration.” - Sobre El Cielo y La Tiera, 2010. (p9)
On Art and Artists
“Artists know well that beauty isn't solely consoling, but that it can also be disturbing. The grand masters have known how to present with beauty those realities of the human condition that are most tragic and painful.” Dissertation of the Archbishop in ADEPA, 6 April 2006 (14)
The White Crucifixion by Marc Chagall.
Mary Untier of Knots, a painting by Johann George Melchior Schmidtner, a Baroque painter.
On Baptising the Children of Single Parents
The child has absolutely no responsibility for the sate of his parents' marriage. And often a baptism can be a new start for the parents aswell.” 30 Giorni, August 2009. (p18)
On The Christian Life
“In the life of every Christian … there will be the experience of the desert, of interior purification, of the dark night.” Homily, 11 March 2006. (p33)
On the Church
“The Church is Mother and talks to the people as a mother talks to her child, with that confidence that the child already knows that everything he is being taught is for his good, because he knows he is loved.” Homily, 23 April 2007. (p35)
“I must not be scandlaized by the fact that the Church is my mother: I must look at its sins and shortcomings as I would look at my mother's sins and shortcomings. And when I think of her, I remember the good and beautiful things she has achieved, more than her weaknesses and defects. A mother defends herself with a heart that is filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the Church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.” America Magazine, 13 March 2013. (p36)
“We don't have to expect everything from those who govern us; that would be juvenile.” Homily, 25 May 2003.” (p40)
ON DEATH
Death is on my mind every day. - El Jesuita, 2010. (p44)
ON GOD
What God cares about most is that we are his friends.” - Homily, 17 April 2003. (p.60)
ON GOSSIP
What is gossip? It's a truth taken out of context. - El Jesuita, 2010 (p.63)
ON HOMILIES
“A good Sunday homily should have the taste of that new wine, which renews the heart of he who is preaching as it renews that of his listeners. - Speech, Homilies in Latin America, 19 January 2005. (p.65)
The homily is not so much a moment of mediation and catechism as it is a living dialogue between God and his people.” - Speech, Homilies in Latin America, 19 January 2005. (p.65)
ON HOMOSEXUALITY
The religious ministry sometimes calls attention to certain points of private or public life because it is the guide of its parishioners. What it does not have the right to do is force a [specific kind of] private life on anyone. If God, in His creation, ran the risk of making us free, who am I to meddle? - - Sobre El Cielo y La Tiera, 2010. (p66)
ON HOPE
Hope is the capacity to weigh everything and keep the best of each thing. Of discerning. - Annual Message to Educational Communities, Easter 2000. (p.66)
ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
The inclusion or exclusion of the wounded person by the wayside defines all economic, political, social and religious projects. All of us, each day, are presented with the option of being Good Samaritans or indifferent passers-by. - AP Worldstream, 17 April 2005. (p.112)
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
We try to reach out to people who are far away, via digital means, the web and brief messaging. - Vatican Insider, 24 February 2012. (p.113)
ON SUFFERING
Happy are we who, upon hearing the call to justice, feel our insides burn when we see the misery of millions of people in the world. - Homily, 25 May 2006 (p.114).
ON TEACHERS
You [teachers] stand daily before boys and girls, who are full of possibilities, desires, fears and real lack. Children who are demanding, waiting, criticizing, pleading in their own way, [who are] infinitely alone, in need, terrified [and yet] persistently trusting in you, even if they present a face of indifference, disinterest or rage. They're alert, waiting to see if you'll offer them something different, or if you'll just close yet another door in their face. - Homily, Easter 2005. (p.116)
ON TECHNOLOGY
New realities demand new responses. - Annual Message to Educational Communities, Easter 2000. (p.117)
It's obvious that we can't opt out of being part of the 'information society' in which we live, but what we can do is take our time to analyze, to lay out possibilities, to visualize consequences, to exchange points of view and to listen to other voices. - Annual Message to Educational Communities, Easter 2005. (p.117)
Technology can help create or disorient. It can recreate things and inform us about reality, thus helping us see the options and decisions before us, or it can, on the contrary, create virtual simulations, illusions ,fantasies and fiction. - Homily, 2002. (p.118)
ON TIME
The things that are truly important require time: to learn a craft or a profession, to know a person and establish an enduring relationship of love or friendship, to know how to distinguish the important from the things we can do without. - Homily, Easter 2005. (p.119)
ON TRUTH
Truth, goodness, and beauty are inseparable. - Dissertation of the Archbishop in ADEPA, 6 April 2006. (p.121)
ON UNITY
To walk as a people is always slower. - Letter of the Archbishop to the Catholics of Buenos Aires, August 2004. (p.122).
ON WAITING
The capacity to wait is probably one of the most important things we have to learn. - Homily, Easter 2005. (p.125)
ON WASHING THE FEET OF AIDS PATIENTS
This gesture is an invitation to the heart of every Christian, because we never lose if we imitate Jesus, if we serve our suffering brothers. - Wall Street Journal, 14 March 2013. (p.126).
ON WOMEN
Women's presence in the Church hasn't been emphasized much because the temptation of machismo didn't allow a space to make visible the place of women in the community. - Sobre El Cielo y La Tiera, 2010. (p129)
ON WORK
I thank my father so much for sending me to work [at the age of 13]. Working was one of those things that made me a better person, and, in particular, in the laboratory [where he worked], I learned the good and the bad of all human labour. - El Jesuita, 2010 (p.130).
A person who works should take time to rest, to spend time with family, to enjoy [life], to read, listen to music, play a sport. When work doesn't allow room for healthy leisure time, for restorative rest, then it enslaves [the worker]. - El Jesuita, 2010 (p.131).
Man is not made for work; work is made for man. - El Jesuita, 2010 (p.131).
- - -
April 18, 2020
An assortment of quotes by Pope Francis, organized by topic. Each topic only had 1-3 (maybe 4) quotes. Very quick book (160 some pages counting citations, only 96 pages of actual quotes). They are all pretty interesting. Wish there was a bit more meat to this though, maybe more context to each quote, etc.
September 29, 2017
Terrible editing job on this one. Quotes are taken out of context and left hanging.
August 16, 2018
A journalistic interview, and reads as such. Sometimes insightful, sometimes political.
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November 8, 2020Very inspirational.
June 30, 2024
Leí este libro en la versión original en español.
Estas son las palabras del Papa Francisco sobre 2013 o antes.
Pensé que está un poco anticuado, creo que este libro debería actualizarse.
Estas son las palabras del Papa Francisco sobre 2013 o antes.
Pensé que está un poco anticuado, creo que este libro debería actualizarse.
March 20, 2017
A perfectly good book, but I would have preferred more in-depth texts – especially on the more complicated issues – rather than just short, out-of-context quotes, some of which seemed to barely touch on the subject they were listed under. The whole thing felt rather half-baked.
February 24, 2014
I really enjoyed reading this because the book seems to cover so many topics. I care what pope Francis believes, and I love his touching, compassionate care for people. With every question, he begins by recognizing human dignity, fortitude and need for healing. I really didn't enjoy the politics of Argintina.
June 21, 2013
They say if you want to know someone, listen to what she or he has to say. This book teaches us about Pope Francis by quoting things he has said in the past about various topics. Full review at http://rannthisthat.blogspot.com/2013...
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