Only if there is love, if hearts are opened, can one person truly know the other. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The world needs transparent lives, clear souls, pure minds that refuse to be perceived as mere objects of pleasure. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The highest things, the things that really matter, we cannot achieve on our own; we have to accept them as gifts and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite and Holy One? Yes, he can, precisely because God Himself… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Only from God does true revolution come... the definitive way to change the world. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Men and women cannot rest content with a superficial and unquestioning exchange of skeptical opinions and experiences of life - all of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Love is the very process of passing over, of transformation, of stepping outside the limitations of fallen humanity - in which we… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
God no longer simply stands before us as the One who is totally Other. He is within us, and we are in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
A thirst for the infinite is indelibly present in human beings. Man was created to have a relationship with God; we need… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Eternity is not an unending succession of days in the calendar, but something more like the supreme moment of satisfaction, in which… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the pierced heart of the Crucified, God's own heart is opened up - here we see who God is and what… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The "door of faith" (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Music, great music, distends the spirit, arouses profound emotions and almost naturally invites us to raise our minds and hearts to God… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the world in which we live, it is almost a necessity to be able to regain one's strength of body and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth... Deeper reflection helps… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We live in a society in which it seems that every space, every moment must be 'filled' with initiatives, activity, sound; often… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Grace, lavished upon us by God and communicated through the Mystery of the Incarnate Word, is an absolutely free gift with which… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
From the point of view of the Christian faith, man comes in the profoundest sense to himself not through what he does… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Our first experience of God is so important, we either experience Him as the police guard that wants to punish or as… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
At the judgment, in response to our questions, the Lord will show us his wounds, and we will understand. In the meantime,… — 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
