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Christ Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI

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Pope Benedict XVI teaches that staying in Christ’s love brings joy even during hardship. He calls believers to be alert to others’ needs, not to close their eyes. He also reminds that the Church exists to embody the person of Jesus Christ, not merely to promote causes.

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I send them my warmest encouragement to persevere in the patience and charity of Christ.

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Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be…

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The Church's mission is not political in nature. Her task is to open the world to the religious sense by proclaiming Christ.

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Thanks to being profoundly rooted in Christ, he was able to bear a burden which transcends merely human abilities.

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The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life.

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Following Christ's example, we have to learn to give ourselves completely. Anything else is not enough.

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Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything.

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We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter…

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The proclamation and witness of the Gospel are the first service that Christians can offer every person and the whole human race,…

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The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by "attraction": just as Christ "draws all to himself" by the power…

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May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must…

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The Church is not an association that wishes to promote a certain cause. It is not about a cause. It is about…

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With the Rosary, we allow ourselves to be guided by Mary, model of faith, in meditating on the mysteries of Christ, and…

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The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of…

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The Faith does not mean an alienation from any culture for any people because all cultures await Christ and are not destroyed…

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If you find your sustenance in Christ, my dear young people, and if you live profoundly in him as did the Apostle…

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If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source…

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The ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery, are not…

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Christ had a specific evangelizing goal in mind when he prayed at the Last Supper that all his disciples 'be one...'The Church's…

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I thank Missio, (Pontifical Mission Societies), the primary instruments for cooperation in the universal Church's universal mission in the world. Through their…

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The more ardent the love for the Eucharist in the hearts of the Christian people, the more clearly will they recognize the…

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“We have come to believe in God's love: in these words the Christian can express the fundamental decision of his life. Being…

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We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's…

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The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to…

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“Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves…

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Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher…

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In Jesus Christ, God took on a human face and became our friend and brother.

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If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of…

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May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.

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In the face of horror ... there is no other answer than the cross of Christ: Love that descends to the abyss…

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Let us seek in particular to communicate the deepest joy, that of knowing God in Christ.

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Prayer, as a means of drawing ever new strength from Christ, is concretely and urgently needed,

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Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than…

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The evangelization of the person and of human communities depends totally on this encounter with Jesus Christ.

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There is an urgent need for the emergence of a new generation of apostles anchored firmly in the word of Christ, capable…

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The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion in the…

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We cannot keep to ourselves the words of eternal life given to us in our encounter with Jesus Christ: they are meant…

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Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the…

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The Church is missionary by nature and her principal task is evangelization, which aims to proclaim and to witness to Christ and…

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Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evangelize' (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission…

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The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

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The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!

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Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.

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Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a…

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If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a…

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“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation…

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Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice…

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Joy is the true gift of Christmas.

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Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay…

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One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay…

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God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.

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It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church…

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Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.

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Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result…

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