Open Mind, Faithful Heart Quotes

“As a sign of Christ’s presence, joy shapes the habitual state of the consecrated person. We therefore naturally seek out consolation not for its own sake, but as a sign of the Lord’s presence. Consolation may be sought in many different forms, as Saint Ignatius explains in his Spiritual Exercises: “By consolation I mean that which occurs when some interior motion is caused within the soul through which it comes to be inflamed with love of its Creator and Lord. As a result it can love no created thing on the face of the earth in itself, but only in the Creator of them all.”
― Pope Francis, Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on Following Jesus

“Other times, the Holy Spirit enkindles in them a joy and a love so great that, if they could, they would embrace in their hearts all the people of the world, without distinction between good and bad.”
― Pope Francis, Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on Following Jesus