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
Consecrated life means going to the very root of the love of Jesus Christ with an undivided heart and putting nothing ahead… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“The universe is not the product of darkness and unreason. It comes from intelligence, freedom, and from the beauty that is identical… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
To make the sign of the cross is to pronounce a visible and public yes to him who died for us and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“In his self-offering on the Cross, Jesus, as it were, brings all the sin of the world deep within the love of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The sharing of goods and resources, from which authentic development proceeds, is not guaranteed by merely technical progress and relationships of utility,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world!…Employ these new technologies to make… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Almsgiving, according to the Gospel, is not mere philanthropy; rather it is a concrete expression of charity, a theological virtue that demands… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Faith is above all a personal, intimate encounter with Jesus, and to experience [His] closeness, [His] friendship, [His] Love; only in this… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The story of Mary of Magdalene reminds us all of a fundamental truth...A disciple of Christ is one who, in the experience… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Death, which, by its very nature, is the end, the destruction of every communication, is changed by him into an act of… — 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
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
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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