Lent From Pope Francis Quotes & Sayings

We all need to improve, to change for the better. Lent helps us fight against our faults. — Pope Francis

Lent is a favorable time for letting Christ serve us so that we in turn may become more like Him. — Pope Francis

Indifference to our neighbor and to God also represents a real temptation for us Christians. Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience. — Pope Francis

Lent is a time of grace, a time to convert and live out our baptism fully. — Pope Francis

Lent is a good time for sacrificing. Let us deny ourselves something every day to help others, — Pope Francis

There's an old play on the word justified: "just-as-if-I'd never sinned." But here's another way of saying it: "just-as-if-I'd always obeyed." Both are true. The first refers to the transfer of our moral debt to Christ so we're left with a "clean" ledger, just as if we'd never sinned. The second tells us our ledger is now filled with the perfect righteousness of Christ, so it's just as if we'd always obeyed. That's why we can come confidently into the very presence of God (Hebrews 4:16; 10:19) even though we're still sinners - saved sinners to be sure, but still practicing sinners every day in thought, word, deed, and motive. — Anonymous

Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. — Pope Francis

During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference. — Pope Francis

Unfortunately, it is practically impossible for you to delegate story creation to staff members or writers in the corporate communications department. — T.J. Walker

You are your own worst enemy, young lady. And you are a coward. It is senseless to mistake fear for bravery." Her warm breath is yeasty on my face. "I feel sorry for you. But that's it. We are done trying to help you. It's your life, as your poor father said." AFTER THIS, WHEN I wake in the morning, I spread my fingers, working out the stiffness that creeps in overnight. I point my toes, feeling the crimp in my ankles, my calves, the dull sore ache behind my knees. The pain in my joints is like a needy pet that won't leave me alone. But I can't complain. I've forfeited that right. — Christina Baker Kline

On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again. — Hank Aaron

Yogurt sauce, as you may have noticed by now, is a regular presence in my recipes - that's because it has the ability to round up so many flavours and textures like no other component does. — Yotam Ottolenghi

I shall not be deprived ... of a comfort in the worst event, if I retain a consciousness of having acted to the best of my judgment. — George Washington

Maybe he's not college-smart, but he's smart in a way they can't teach. — Lisa Kleypas