Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

Purity of heart is what enables us to see.

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If you follow the will of God, you know that in spite of all the terrible things that happen to you, you will never lose a final refuge. You know that the foundation of the world is love, so that even when no human being can or will help you, you may go on, trusting in the One that loves you.

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The capacity to accept suffering for the sake of goodness, truth and justice is an essential criterion of humanity, because if my own well-being and safety are ultimately more important than truth and justice, then the power of the stronger prevails, then violence and untruth reigns supreme.

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Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering.

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If in my life I fail completely to heed others, solely out of a desire to be 'devout' and to perform my 'religious duties', then my relationship with God will also grow arid. It becomes merely 'proper', but loveless.

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God is our Father and loves us, even when his silence remains incomprehensible.

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God's love for his people is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.

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The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given.

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Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God himself and his revelation. These considerations should make us realize the care which is needed, if the liturgical action is to reflect its innate splendour.

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One who has hope lives differently.

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The aim of all Christian education, moreover, is to train the believer in an adult faith that can make him a "new creation", capable of bearing witness in his surroundings to the Christian hope that inspires him.

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So Jesus in the throes of his Passion is an image of hope: God is on the side of those who suffer.

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It is theologically and anthropologically important for woman to be at the center of Christianity. Through Mary, and the other holy women, the feminine element stands at the heart of the Christian religion.

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A tolerance that no longer distinguishes between good and evil would become chaotic and self-destructive, just as a freedom that did not respect the freedom of others or find the common measure of our respective liberties would become anarchy and destroy authority.

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The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good.

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