Being a Christian means having love. That is unbelievably difficult and, at the same time, incredibly simple. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“History as a whole is the struggle between love and the inability to love, between love and the refusal to love.” — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“God is love, and the encounter with him is the only response to the restlessness of the human heart;” — 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
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
Because the truth of God is love, conversion to God is conversion to love. — 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
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
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
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
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
“Contemplating the beauty of creation inspires us to recognize the love of the Creator, that Love which “moves the sun and the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the… — 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
All the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Love is the very process of passing over, of transformation, of stepping outside the limitations of fallen humanity - in which we… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Love has a particular trait: far from being indulgent or fickle, it has a task or purpose to fulfil: to abide. By… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“In the end, even the “yes” to love is a source of suffering, because love always requires expropriations of my “I”, in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The proclamation and witness of the Gospel are the first service that Christians can offer every person and the whole human race,… — 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… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves… — 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
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
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 "name" of the Most Holy Trinity is in a certain way impressed upon everything that exists, because everything that exists, down… — 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
If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of… — 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 Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by "attraction": just as Christ "draws all to himself" by the power… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“If one says the loving God corrects every Pope in his successor – in what ways are you being corrected through Pope… — 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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share
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