144 ordspråk av Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
Let us not be discouraged, but let us run toward him, certain that we will reach the goal of our lives, Jesus the lord.
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Let us pray that the Holy Spirit illuminates, inspires and guides the work of the synod and pushes us to charity, agreement and the service of the truth.
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Let us put our hands today again at (God's) disposition and pray that he takes our hands to guide us. Let his hand take ours so we won't sink, but will serve life which is stronger than death, and love which is stronger than hatred.
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Like a wave gathering force, my thoughts go out to all men and women of today, to believers and non-believers alike.
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Limbo has never been a definitive truth of the faith. Personally, I would let it drop, since it has always been only a theological hypothesis.
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Lord Jesus, tonight we walk once more the way of your cross, knowing that it is also our way.
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Love is the only Christian response to the violence which threatens peace in the world.
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May all those who stop to contemplate the statue be encouraged to live their daily work in the spirit of Christ and in ardent love for the work of redemption.
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May the international community, which reaffirms Israel's just right to exist in peace, assist the Palestinian people to overcome the precarious conditions in which they live and to build their future, moving toward the constitution of a state which is truly their own.
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May the Lord grant that the common effort should lead to an authentic renewal of Christian families.
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No pope ever left us as many texts as he did; no pope in the past was able to visit all the world like he did and to speak directly to men of all continents. But in the end, he was struck by the path of suffering and silence.
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not only peacefully created unimaginable political changes in Poland, putting Polish people on a road to freedom and democracy, but also showed other nations of the former eastern bloc the possibility of correcting historic injustice.
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not tolerance but hypocrisy.
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On March 24 I will hold a consistory, for which I will nominate the new members of the College of Cardinals.
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On this night, when we look toward Bethlehem, let us pray in a special way for the birthplace of our Redeemer and for the men and women who live and suffer there.
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