Francis Xavier famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Many, many people hereabouts are not becoming Christians for one reason only: there is nobody to make them Christians.
-- Francis Xavier

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Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ.
-- Francis Xavier

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I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one of covetousness.
-- Francis Xavier

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I want to be where there are out and out pagans.
-- Francis Xavier

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Give me the child until he is seven and I'll give you the man
-- Francis Xavier

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Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.
I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies.
It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So he appeared to teach ahimsa, nonviolence, being compassionate on the animals and human beings. In the Christian religion also, it is clearly stated, 'Thou shall not kill'. So everywhere animal killing is restricted. In no religion the unnecessary killing of animals is allowed. But nobody is caring. The killing process is increasing, and so are the reactions. Every ten years you will find a war. These are the reactions.
â€¦for a true Christian, all strangers are Jesus.
A Christian home! What a power it is to the child when he is far away in the cold, tempting world, and voices of sin are filling his ears, and his feet stand on slippery places.
We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.
The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.
I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so.
New revelations regarding faith or morals ... have always been abhorred and challenged in the Church ... Hence, the Sovereign Pontiffs, the Councils, and the Fathers have been most careful to reject all novelties or new doctrines on matters of faith which differed from those already received.

Francis Xavier famous quotes

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