Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself. — 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
Humor is in fact an essential element in the mirth of creation. We can see how, in many matters in our lives,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Our first experience of God is so important, we either experience Him as the police guard that wants to punish or as… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth; we understand with… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Art is elemental. Reason alone as it's expressed in the sciences can't be man's complete answer to reality, and it can't express… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
When, in adoration, we look at the consecrated Host, the sign of creation speaks to us. And so, we encounter the greatness… — 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
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