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Children of God
 


God so loves us that that he has made us his children; and, when we see him face-to-face, we shall discover all the more, the greatness of his love.

 
Homily
9 March 2018

 
 
 
Children of God
 


Only by behaving as children of God, without despairing of our shortcomings, of our sins; only be feeling loved by him will our life be new, enlivened by serenity and joy.

 
General Audience
10 April 2013

 
 
 
Children of God
 


We are children of God, not because of any merits of our own, but because of the infinite love of our heavenly Father.

 
General Audience
11 May 2016

 
 
 
Children of God
 


The Spirit bears witness within our hearts to the consoling truth of God’s promises and the inheritance that awaits us as his beloved sons and daughters. 

 
General Audience
31 May 2017

 
 
 
Children of God
 


St. Paul, in his Letter to the Romans, wrote: You received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, ‘Abba, Father!' Let us show this joy to be God’s children and behave as real children, letting Christ transform us and make us like him.

 
At General Audience
14 June 2017

 
 
 
Children of God
 


It’s through the Father that we receive our identity as children. And when I say ‘Father’ this goes right to the roots of my identity: my Christian identity is to be his child and this is a grace of the Holy Spirit.

 
Morning Meditation
St. Martha Guest House
16 June 2016

 
 
 
Children of God
 


We are not masters of our lives, but children of the Father; not autonomous and self-sufficient adults, but children who always need to be lifted up and embraced, who need love and forgiveness.

 
Homily
Georgia
1 October 2016

 
 
 
Children of God
 


Our response to a world at war has a name: fraternity, its name is brotherhood, its name is communion, its name is family. 

 
Prayer Vigil, WYD
30 July 2016

 

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