The Name of God is Mercy Quotes

“The most important thing in the life of every man and every woman is not that they should never fall along the way. The important thing is always to get back up, not to stay on the ground licking your wounds.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“The Church does not exist to condemn people but to bring about an encounter with the visceral love of God’s mercy.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“By welcoming a marginalized person whose body is wounded and by welcoming the sinner whose soul is wounded, we put our credibility as Christians on the line. Let us always remember the words of Saint John of the Cross: “In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“DON Luigi Giussani used to quote this example from Bruce Marshall’s novel To Every Man a Penny. The protagonist of the novel, the abbot Father Gaston, needs to hear the confession of a young German soldier whom the French partisans are about to sentence to death. The soldier confesses his love of women and the numerous amorous adventures he has had. The young priest explains that he has to repent to obtain forgiveness and absolution. The soldier answers, “How can I repent? It was something that I enjoyed, and if I had the chance I would do it again, even now. How can I repent?” Father Gaston, who wants to absolve the man who has been marked by destiny and who’s about to die, has a stroke of inspiration and asks, “But are you sorry that you are not sorry?” The young man answers impulsively, “Yes, I am sorry that I am not sorry.” In other words, he apologizes for not repenting. The door was opened just a crack, allowing absolution to come in….”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“The Church Fathers teach us that a shattered heart is the most pleasing gift to God. It is the sign that we are conscious of our sins, of the evil we have done, of our wretchedness, and of our need for forgiveness and mercy.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“The fragility of our era is this, too: we don’t believe that there is a chance for redemption; for a hand to raise you up; for an embrace to save you, forgive you, pick you up, flood you with infinite, patient, indulgent love; to put you back on your feet. We need mercy.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“The corrupt man is the one who sins but does not repent, who sins and pretends to be Christian, and it is this double life that is scandalous. The corrupt man does not know humility, he does not consider himself in need of help, he leads a double life.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“People are looking for someone to listen to them. Someone willing to grant them time, to listen to their dramas and difficulties. This is what I call the “apostolate of the ear,” and it is important. Very important. I feel compelled to say to confessors: talk, listen with patience, and above all tell people that God loves them.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“There are no situations we cannot get out of, we are not condemned to sink into quicksand, in which the more we move the deeper we sink. Jesus is there, his hand extended, ready to reach out to us and pull us out of the mud, out of sin, out of the abyss of evil into which we have fallen. We need only be conscious of our state, be honest with ourselves, and not lick our wounds. We need to ask for the grace to recognize ourselves as sinners. The more we acknowledge that we are in need, the more shame and humility we feel, the sooner we will feel his embrace of grace. Jesus waits for us, he goes ahead of us, he extends his hand to us, he is patient with us. God is faithful. Mercy will always be greater than any sin, no one can put a limit on the love of the all-forgiving God. Just by looking at him, just by raising our eyes from our selves and our wounds, we leave an opening for the action of his grace. Jesus performs miracles with our sins, with what we are, with our nothingness, with our wretchedness.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“Sin is more than a stain. Sin is a wound; it needs to be treated, healed. The place where my encounter with the mercy of Jesus takes place is my sin.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing but worships everything.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“Justice on its own is not enough. With mercy and forgiveness, God goes beyond justice, he subsumes it and exceeds it in a higher event in which we experience love, which is at the root of true justice.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“G. K. Chesterton: “When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing but worships everything.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“Do not fall into the terrible trap of thinking that life depends on money and that, in comparison with money, anything else is devoid of value or dignity. This is nothing but an illusion! We cannot take money with us into the life beyond. Money does not bring us happiness.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“But sin is more than a stain. Sin is a wound; it needs to be treated, healed. This”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“God forgives not with a decree but with a caress. Jesus too goes beyond the law and forgives by caressing the wounds of our sins.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“We need to remember and remind ourselves where we come from, what we are, our nothingness.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“Mercy will always be greater than any sin, no one can put a limit on the love of the all-forgiving God. Just by looking at him, just raising our eyes from ourselves and our wounds, we leave an opening for the action of his grace. Jesus performs miracles with our sins, with what we are, with our nothingness, with our wretchedness.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“God awaits us with open arms; we need only to take a step toward him like the Prodigal Son. But if, weak as we are, we don't have the strength to take that step, just the desire to take it is enough.”
― Andrea Tornielli, El nombre de Dios es Misericordia

“misericordia es la actitud divina que abraza, es la entrega de Dios que acoge, que se presta a perdonar.”
― Papa Francisco, El nombre de Dios es misericordia

“Go to Jesus: he likes to hear about these things. He forgets, he has a special knack for forgetting. He forgets, he kisses you, he embraces you, and he says: ‘Neither do I condemn you. Go, [and] from now on do not sin any more.’ That is the only advice he gives. If things haven’t changed in a month…we go back to the Lord. The Lord never tires of forgiving: never! It is we who tire of asking him for forgiveness. We need to ask for the grace not to get tired of asking for forgiveness, because he never gets tired of forgiving.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“MAY I ask you about your experiences as confessor to homosexual people? During the press conference on your return flight from Rio de Janeiro you famously remarked, “Who am I to judge?”           On that occasion I said this: If a person is gay and seeks out the Lord and is willing, who am I to judge that person? I was paraphrasing by heart the Catechism of the Catholic Church where it says that these people should be treated with delicacy and not be marginalized. I am glad that we are talking about “homosexual people” because before all else comes the individual person, in his wholeness and dignity. And people should not be defined only by their sexual tendencies: let us not forget that God loves all his creatures and we are destined to receive his infinite love. I prefer that homosexuals come to confession, that they stay close to the Lord, and that we pray all together. You can advise them to pray, show goodwill, show them the way, and accompany them along it.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“WHAT do you need in order to obtain mercy? Is it necessary to have a certain predisposition?           The first thing that comes to mind is the phrase “I can’t take it anymore!” You”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“turned toward her and called her abuela, grandmother, as we do in Argentina. “Abuela, do you want to confess?” “Yes,” she replied. And since I was ready to leave, I said: “But if you have no sins…” Her answer was swift and immediate: “We all have sins.” “But maybe the Lord can’t forgive them,” I said. “The Lord forgives everything.” “How do you know?” “If the Lord didn’t forgive everything, our world would not exist.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“God is a careful and attentive father, ready to welcome any person who takes a step or even expresses the desire to take a step that leads home. He is there, staring out at the horizon, expecting us, waiting for us. No human sin -- however serious -- can prevail over or limit mercy.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy

“someone doesn’t want to carry the cross, I don’t know what she’s still doing in the convent.”
― Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

“«En la noche de la vida, seremos juzgados en función del amor».”
― Papa Francisco, El nombre de Dios es misericordia

“«Dios perdona no con un decreto, sino con una caricia».”
― Papa Francisco, El nombre de Dios es Misericordia

“sin la misericordia, sin el perdón de Dios, el mundo no existiría, no podría existir.”
― Papa Francisco, El nombre de Dios es misericordia

“«la Esposa de Cristo prefiere usar la medicina de la misericordia en lugar de empuñar las armas del rigor».”
― Papa Francisco, El nombre de Dios es misericordia