Everything in this world will pass away. In eternity only Love will remain. — 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
If we have love for our neighbor, we will find the face of Christ in the poor, the weak, the sick and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Intelligence and love are not in separate compartments: love is rich in intelligence and intelligence is full of love.” — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid to say 'yes' to Jesus: to find your joy in doing His will — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The one and only Gospel waits to be proclaimed by everyone together, in love and reciprocal esteem. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Because the truth of God is love, conversion to God is conversion to love. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Do not believe that living together before marriage guarantees the future. By burning certain stages, you risk burning love itself. Time needs… — 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
It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Church is missionary by nature and her principal task is evangelization, which aims to proclaim and to witness to Christ and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Each of us has a mission . . . each of us is called to change the world, to work for a… — 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
Love is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In this Year of Faith, may every Christian rediscover the beauty of being reborn in the love of God and living as… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The main task for us all is that of a new evangelization aimed at helping younger generations to rediscover the true face… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“We have come to believe in God's love: in these words the Christian can express the fundamental decision of his life. Being… — 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
Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Thank you from the heart to all those who in various ways are near me or follow me spiritually with affection and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The unbreakable bond between love of God and love of neighbor is emphasized. One is so closely connected to the other that… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Today, the need to avoid confusing marriage with other types of unions based on weak love is especially urgent. It is only… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“The reasonableness of the universe provides us with access to God's Reason, and the Bible is and continues to be the true… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Authentic love is obviously something good... When we love, we become most fully ourselves, most fully human... People often think they are… — 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
The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
A Christian knows when it is time to speak of God and when it is better to say nothing and to let… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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
God's love does not distinguish between the infant in the mother's womb or the child or the youth or the adult or… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I encourage all of you to discover ever more fully in the Eucharist, the sacrament of Christ's sacrificial love, the inspiration and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“God is the Lord of all things because he is their creator, and only therefore can we pray to him. For this… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Is it not true that what we call “nature” in a cosmic sense has its origin in “a plan of love and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
To the extent that we nourish ourselves on Christ and are in love with him, we feel within us the incentive to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
To suffer with the other and for others; to suffer for the sake of truth and justice; to suffer out of love… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It is not by sidestepping or fleeing from suffering that we are healed, but rather by our capacity for accepting it, maturing… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I would like everyone to feel loved by the God who gave his son for us and showed us his boundless love.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Believing is nothing other than, in the darkness of the world, touching the hand of God, and in this way, in silence,… — 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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