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Evangelization
 


Be missionaries of the Gospel in your surroundings, with the mercy and tenderness of Jesus.

 
General Audience
5 October 2016

 
 
 
Evangelization
 


True mission is never proselytism, but attraction to Christ from strong union with him in prayer, in adoration and in concrete charity, which is service to Jesus present in the littlest of brothers.

 
General Audience
5 October 2016

 
 
 
Evangelization
 


Mission is never the fruit of a perfectly planned program or a well-organized manual. Mission is always the fruit of a life which knows what it is to be found and healed, encountered and forgiven. Mission is born of a constant experience of God’s merciful anointing.

 
Homily
Canonization, St. Junipero Serra
23 September 2015

 
 
 
Evangelization
 


Jesus sends his disciples out to all nations. To every people. We too, were part of all those people of two thousand years ago. Jesus did not provide a short list of who is, or is not, worthy of receiving his message and his presence. Instead, he always embraced life as he saw it. In faces of pain, hunger, sickness and sin. In faces of wounds, of thirst, of weariness, doubt and pity. Far from expecting a pretty life, smartly-dressed and neatly groomed, he embraced life as he found it. It made no difference whether it was dirty, unkempt, broken. Jesus said: Go out and tell the good news to everyone.

 
Homily
Canonization of Junipero Serra
Washington, D.C.
23 September 2015

 
 
 
Evangelization
 


Evangelization doesn’t consist in proselytising, but in attracting by our witness to those who are far off, in humbly drawing near to those who feel distant from God and the church, those who are fearful or indifferent.

 
Homily
Bicentennial Park
Quito, Ecuador
7th July 2015

 
 
 
Evangelization
 


Setting out from Galilee, Jesus teaches us that no-one is excluded from God's salvation; on the contrary, God prefers to begin in the periphery, with those who are last in line, to reach everyone. He teaches us a method, His method, which however, expresses the content, the mercy, of the Father … We are all invited to heed this call, to come out of our own comfort zone and reach out to the peripheries in need of the light of the Gospel.

 
Angelus Address
St Peter's Square
25 January 2014

 
 
 
Evangelization
 


The testimony of love is the royal road of evangelization. In this the Church has always been “on the front lines”, a motherly and brotherly presence that shares in the difficulties and frailties of the people. In this way, the Christian community seeks to instill in society that “supplement of soul” that allows one to watch over others and to hope.

 
Homily

Old Romagnoli Stadium
Campobasso, Italy

5 July 2014

 
 
 
Evangelization
 


Let us go forth, let us go forth to offer everyone the life of Jesus Christ.

 
Apostolic Exhortation
'The Joy of the Gospel'
Evangelii Gaudium

 

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