Evangelii Gaudium Quotes

“God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“Instead of imposing new obligations, (Christians) should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“Before all else, the Gospel invites us to respond to the God of love who saves us, to see God in others and to go forth from ourselves to seek the good of others.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“Nobody can go off to battle unless he is fully convinced of victory beforehand. If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents. While painfully aware of our own frailties, we have to march on without giving in, keeping in mind what the Lord said to Saint Paul: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor 12:9). Christian triumph is always a cross, yet a cross which is at the same time a victorious banner borne with aggressive tenderness against the assaults of evil. The evil spirit of defeatism is brother to the temptation to separate, before its time, the wheat from the weeds; it is the fruit of an anxious and self-centred lack of trust.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“Whenever we encounter another person in love, we learn something new about God.”
― Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium

“Not to share one’s wealth with the poor is to steal from them and to take away their livelihood. It is not our own goods which we hold, but theirs. - St John Chrysostom”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“Often it is better simply to slow down, to put aside our eagerness in order to see and listen to others, to stop rushing from one thing to another and to remain with someone who has faltered along the way.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“The Church must be a place of mercy freely given, where everyone can feel welcomed, loved, forgiven, and encouraged to live the good life of the Gospel.”
― Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium

“Joy adapts and changes, but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“We should recognize how in a culture where each person wants to be bearer of his or her own subjective truth, it becomes difficult for citizens to devise a common plan which transcends individual gain and personal ambitions.”
― Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium

“«la sociedad tecnológica ha logrado multiplicar las ocasiones de placer, pero encuentra muy difícil engendrar la alegría»”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“Al que arriesga, el Señor no lo defrauda, y, cuando alguien da un pequeño paso hacia Jesús, descubre que Él ya esperaba su llegada con los brazos abiertos. Este es el momento para decirle a Jesucristo: «Señor, me he dejado engañar, de mil maneras escapé de tu amor, pero aquí estoy otra vez para renovar mi alianza contigo. Te necesito. Rescátame de nuevo, Señor, acéptame una vez más entre tus brazos redentores».”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“¡Qué bueno es que los jóvenes sean «callejeros de la fe», felices de llevar a Jesucristo a cada esquina, a cada plaza, a cada rincón de la tierra!”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“Las obras de amor al prójimo son la manifestación externa más perfecta de la gracia interior del Espíritu: «La principalidad de la ley nueva está en la gracia del Espíritu Santo, que se manifiesta en la fe que obra por el amor»[40]. Por ello explica que, en cuanto al obrar exterior, la misericordia es la mayor de todas las virtudes:”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“«Hijo, en la medida de tus posibilidades trátate bien [...]. No te prives de pasar un buen día» (Si 14,11.14).”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“Todos tenemos simpatías y antipatías, y quizá ahora mismo estamos enojados con alguno. Al menos digamos al Señor: «Señor, yo estoy enojado con este, con aquella. Yo te pido por él y por ella». Rezar por aquel con el que estamos irritados es un hermoso paso en el amor, y es un acto evangelizador. ¡Hagámoslo hoy! ¡No nos dejemos robar el ideal del amor fraterno!”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“Cuando la vida interior se clausura en los propios intereses, ya no hay espacio para los demás, ya no entran los pobres, ya no se escucha la voz de Dios, ya no se goza la dulce alegría de su amor, ya no palpita el entusiasmo por hacer el bien.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“167. Every form of catechesis would do well to attend to the “way of beauty” (via pulchritudinis).129 Proclaiming Christ means showing that to believe in and to follow him is not only something right and true, but also something beautiful, capable of filling life with new splendor and profound joy, even in the midst of difficulties. Every expression of true beauty can thus be acknowledged as a path leading to an encounter with the Lord Jesus. This has nothing to do with fostering an aesthetic relativism130 which would downplay the inseparable bond between truth, goodness and beauty, but rather a renewed esteem for beauty as a means of touching the human heart and enabling the truth and goodness of the Risen Christ to radiate within it. If, as Saint Augustine says, we love only that which is beautiful,131 the incarnate Son, as the revelation of infinite beauty, is supremely lovable and draws us to himself with bonds of love. So a formation in the via pulchritudinis ought to be part of our effort to pass on the faith. Each particular Church should encourage the use of the arts in evangelization, building on the treasures of the past but also drawing upon the wide variety of contemporary expressions so as to transmit the faith in a new “language of parables.”132 We must be bold enough to discover new signs and new symbols, new flesh to embody and communicate the word, and different forms of beauty which are valued in different cultural settings, including those unconventional modes of beauty which may mean little to the evangelizers, yet prove particularly attractive for others. 168.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“Diversity must always be reconciled by the help of the Holy Spirit; he alone can raise up diversity, plurality and multiplicity while at the same time bringing about unity. When we, for our part, aspire to diversity, we become self-enclosed, exclusive and divisive; similarly, whenever we attempt to create unity on the basis of our human calculations, we end up imposing a monolithic uniformity. This is not helpful for the Church’s mission.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“«No se comienza a ser cristiano por una decisión ética o una gran idea, sino por el encuentro con un acontecimiento, con una Persona, que da un nuevo horizonte a la vida y, con ello, una orientación decisiva»”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“Finally an evangelizing community is filled with joy; it knows how to rejoice always.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel

“Frequently, we act as arbiters of grace rather than its facilitators. But the Church is not a tollhouse; it is the house of the Father, where there is a place for everyone, with all their problems.”
― Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium

“Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.”
― Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel: Evangelii Gaudium

“Al que arriesga, el Señor no lo defrauda, y cuando alguien da un pequeño paso hacia Jesús, descubre que Él ya esperaba su llegada con los brazos abiertos.”
― Papa Francisco, Exhortación Apostólica "Evangelii Gaudium": Sobre el anuncio del evangelio en el mundo actual

“3. Invito a cada cristiano, en cualquier lugar y situación en que se encuentre, a renovar ahora mismo su encuentro personal con Jesucristo o, al menos, a tomar la decisión de dejarse encontrar por Él, de intentarlo cada día sin descanso. No hay razón para que alguien piense que esta invitación no es para él, porque «nadie queda excluido de la alegría reportada por el Señor»[1]. Al que arriesga, el Señor no lo defrauda, y, cuando alguien da un pequeño paso hacia Jesús, descubre que Él ya esperaba su llegada con los brazos abiertos. Este es el momento para decirle a Jesucristo: «Señor, me he dejado engañar, de mil maneras escapé de tu amor, pero aquí estoy otra vez para renovar mi alianza contigo. Te necesito. Rescátame de nuevo, Señor, acéptame una vez más entre tus brazos redentores».”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“Dios no se oculta a aquellos que lo buscan con un corazón sincero, aunque lo hagan a tientas, de manera imprecisa y difusa.”
― Pope Francis, Evangelii gaudium. Exhortación apostólica La alegría del Evangelio

“Uno no vive mejor si escapa de los demás, si se esconde, si se niega a compartir, si se resiste a dar, si se encierra en la comodidad. Eso no es más que un lento suicidio.”
― Papa Francisco, Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel