If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The outpouring of Christ's blood is the source of the church's life. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Church is not an association that wishes to promote a certain cause. It is not about a cause. It is about… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Let us seek in particular to communicate the deepest joy, that of knowing God in Christ. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
With the Rosary, we allow ourselves to be guided by Mary, model of faith, in meditating on the mysteries of Christ, and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The story of Mary of Magdalene reminds us all of a fundamental truth...A disciple of Christ is one who, in the experience… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Adoration outside Holy Mass prolongs and intensifies what has taken place in the liturgical celebration and makes a true and profound reception… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Christ had a specific evangelizing goal in mind when he prayed at the Last Supper that all his disciples 'be one...'The Church's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Church's mission is not political in nature. Her task is to open the world to the religious sense by proclaiming Christ. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The more ardent the love for the Eucharist in the hearts of the Christian people, the more clearly will they recognize the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We cannot keep to ourselves the words of eternal life given to us in our encounter with Jesus Christ: they are meant… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evangelize' (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Our Christian conviction is that Christ is also the messiah of Israel. Certainly it is in the hands of God how and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the face of horror ... there is no other answer than the cross of Christ: Love that descends to the abyss… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We cannot live, we cannot look at the truth about ourselves without letting ourselves be looked at and generated by Christ in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a new philosophy or new morality. We are Christians only if we encounter Christ... Only in this personal relationship… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
You have before you the task of seeking new ways to announce Christ in situations of rapid and often profound transformation, and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of seeming different and being criticized for what might seem to be losing or out of fashion; your… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us! — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
