Selected quotes of Pope Francis offered daily for prayer and reflection�€ï¿½.

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Freedom
 


Let us ask Jesus to make us, through His Holy Spirit, truly free men and women; free to serve, in love and joy.

 
General Audience
5 June 2024

 
 
 
Freedom
 


We can only love in freedom, which is why the Lord created us free, free even to say no to him.

 
General Audience
7 December 2022

 
 
 
Freedom
 


Do not be afraid to set your sights higher, to allow yourself to be loved and liberated by God.

 
'Gaudete et Exsultate'
Apostolic Exhortation

 
 
 
Freedom
 


If we are self-absorbed and indifferent, we remain paralyzed, but if we give ourselves to others, we become free.

 
Homily
22 November 2020

 
 
 
Freedom
 


Christian freedom is the freedom to love God and our brothers and sisters with a pure heart, and to live a life of joyful hope for the coming of Christ’s Kingdom.

 
Homily
15 August 2014

 
 
 
Freedom
 


The Lord sets our hearts free and heals them if only we ask him, only if we say to him: “Lord, I believe you can heal me; heal me from being caught up in myself, free me from evil and fear”.

 
Homily
13 October 2019

 
 
 
Freedom
 


We need to acknowledge jubilantly that our life is essentially a gift, and recognize that our freedom is a grace.

 
'Gaudate et Exsultate'

On the Call to Holiness in Today's World 


 
 
 
Freedom
 


Here is the message of Jesus: if your treasure is in wealth, in vanity, in power, in pride, your heart will be chained there! Your heart will be enslaved by wealth, vanity, pride; and what Jesus wants is that we have a free heart!

 
Homily
20 June 2014

 

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