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The "leprosy" that truly disfigures the human being and society is sin; it is pride and selfishness that spawn indifference, hatred and violence in the human soul. No one, save God who is Love, can heal this leprosy of the spirit which scars the face of humanity. By opening his heart to God, the person who converts is inwardly healed from evil.
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Angelus Address
St. Peter's Square
14 October 2007
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Many of our brothers and sisters live as if there were nothing beyond this life, and without concern for their eternal salvation. Men and women are called to know and love God, and the Church has the mission to assist them in this calling. We know well that God is the master of his gifts and that conversion is a grace. But we are responsible for proclaiming the faith, the whole faith, with all its demands. Dear friends, let us imitate the Curé of Ars who prayed to the Lord in the following words: “Grant me the conversion of my parish, and I accept to suffer all that you wish for the rest of my life”. And he did everything to pull people away from their own lukewarm attitude in order to lead them back to love.
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Address
Church of the Most Holy Trinity
Fátima, Portugal
12 May 2010
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Conversion to Christ, believing in the Gospel, ultimately means this: to exit the illusion of self-sufficiency in order to discover and accept one’s own need – the need of others and God, the need of His forgiveness and His friendship.
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Message for Lent
2010
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“Be transformed by the renewal of your mind” (Rom 12:2).
Paul speaks of renewal, the opening up of our intellect (nous), of the whole way we view the world and ourselves. The conversion that we need must truly reach into the depths of our relationship with reality. Let us ask the Lord that we may become vigilant for his presence, that we may hear how softly yet insistently he knocks at the door of our being and willing.
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Homily
Mass of Christmas Night
Saint Peter's Basilica
24 December 2012
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Following the Lord always demands of human beings, of all of us, a profound con-version, a change in our manner of thinking and living, it demands that the heart be opened to listening, to let ourselves be illuminated and transformed from within.
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Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
23 September 2012
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Following the Lord always requires a profound conversion on the part of man, a change in his or her way of thinking and living. It requires an openness of heart, in order to listen and allow oneself to be enlightened and transformed from within.
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Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
23 September 2012
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In the recollection of conscience, where God speaks to us, we learn to look truthfully at our own actions, even at the evil within us and around us, to begin a journey of conversion that makes us wiser and better, more capable of creating solidarity and communion, of overcoming evil with good.
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Homily at Vespers
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Vatican Basilica
31 December 2012
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In the mystery of His death and resurrection, God has revealed in its fullness the Love that saves, and calls us to conversion of life through the forgiveness of sins. (cf. Acts 5:31).
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Apostolic Letter
PORTA FIDEI
For the indication of the Year of Faith
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