Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything. — 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… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Advent, this powerful liturgical season that we are beginning, invites us to pause in silence to understand a presence. It is an… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed "ecstasy," not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
One doesn't begin to be a Christian because of an ethical decision or a great idea, but rather because of an encounter… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Dear young people, we have seen that it is the Holy Spirit who brings about the wonderful communion of believers in Jesus… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It is necessary not only to relieve the gravest needs but to go to their roots, proposing measures that will give social,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We ask the Blessed Virgin for the gift of conversion for all Christians, so that they may announce and give a faithful… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Dear young people, the Church depends on you! She needs your lively faith, your creative charity and the energy of your hope.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Lifting one's gaze to the living God, the guarantor of our freedom and of truth, is a premise for arriving at a… — 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
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
Love in truth-caritas in veritate-is a great challenge for the Church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Their example gives witness to the fact that baptism commits Christians to participate boldly in the spread of the Kingdom of God,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man. He is the measure of true humanism. An "adult"… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The fields are still ripe for harvesting (cf. Jn 4:35); God continues to give the growth (cf. 1 Cor 3:6). We can… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Joy is the true gift of Christmas, and we can communicate this joy simply: with a smile, a kind gesture, a little… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I say to you dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and He gives you verything.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face:… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Their example testifies that Baptism commits Christians to participating courageously in the spreading of the Kingdom of God, if need be cooperating… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit gives us joy. And he is joy. Joy is the gift in which all the other gifts are included.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Only in truth does charity shine forth, only in truth can charity be authentically lived. Truth is the light that gives meaning… — 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
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