Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people, who, despite their constant exposure to messages… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Only if there is love, if hearts are opened, can one person truly know the other. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Make sure that every person, of whatever background, can find in you a welcoming heart. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Every human being is loved by God the Father. No one need feel forgotten, for every name is written in the Lord's… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Purgatory basically means that God can put the pieces back together again. That He can cleanse us in such a way that… — 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
How many people also in our time are in search of God, in search of Jesus and of his Church, in search… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The language of art is a 'parabolic' language, with a special openness to the universal: the 'Way of Beauty' is a way… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes… — 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
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
God's heart calls to our hearts, inviting us to come out of ourselves, to forsake our human certainties, to trust in him… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In Latin America in general, it's very important that Christianity not be simply a thing of reason, but also of the heart. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
While we too always seek other signs, other wonders, we do not realize that he is the real sign, God made flesh;… — 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
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It is theologically and anthropologically important for woman to be at the center of Christianity. Through Mary, and the other holy women,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Before His gaze all falsehood melts away. This encounter with Him, as it burns us, transforms and frees us, allowing us to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We can not communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with each other. If we want to present ourselves to… — 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
