Christian inspirational Quote by Pope Benedict XVI

“Our first experience of God is so important, we either experience Him as the police guard that wants to punish or as Creative Love that awaits.”

Pope Benedict XVI

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The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

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The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!

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Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.

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If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a…

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“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation…

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Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice…

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Joy is the true gift of Christmas.

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Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay…

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God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.

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