“The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given.” — Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger Copy Share Image
“The great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: What did Jesus actually bring, if not world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought? The answer is very simple: God… He has brought… — Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger Copy Share Image
“Faith, hope and charity go together. Hope is practised through the virtue of patience, which continues to do good even in the face of apparent failure, and through the virtue of humility, which accepts God's mystery and trusts him even at times of darkness. Faith tells us that God has given his Son for our sakes and gives us the… — Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger Copy Share
“The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given.” — Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger Copy Share Image
“The great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: What did Jesus actually bring, if not world peace, universal prosperity, and… — Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger Copy Share Image
