144 ordspråk av Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
Today, 11 September, we remember the victims of terrorist violence throughout the world. May God inspire men and women of good will everywhere to renounce hatred and to build a world of justice, solidarity and peace.
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Today, even in this modern age marked by anxiety and uncertainty, we live the event of the resurrection, which changed the face of our life and changed the history of humanity.
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Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.
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Today, the Lord puts us on guard against the self-reliance that puts a limit on his limitless love. He invites us to imitate his humility.
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True love does not eliminate legitimate differences, but harmonizes them in a superior unity, which is not imposed from the outside, but gives shape to the whole from inside.
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Unspontaneity is of their essence. In these rites I discover that something is approaching me here that I did not produce myself, that I am entering into something greater than myself, which ultimately derives from divine revelation. This is why the Christian East calls the liturgy the "Divine Liturgy", expressing thereby the liturgy's independence from human control.
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Wake up, O men and women of the third millennium!
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We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's own ego and one's own desires... The church needs to withstand the tides of trends and the latest novelties.... We must become mature in this adult faith, we must guide the flock of Christ to this faith.
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We can be sure our beloved pope is standing today at the window of the father's house, that he sees us and blesses us.
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We have all been touched by the case of little Tommaso. Let us pray for him and all victims of violence.
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We hope you will have a peaceful time.
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We know well that this truth risks being contradicted by the hedonism of the so-called well-off societies: Life is exalted as long as it's pleasant, but one tends to not respect it any more when it is sick or damaged.
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We must face the challenges that threaten faith, cultivate the spiritual ground that nourished Europe for centuries, reaffirm Christian values, (and) promote peace and encounters even in the most difficult circumstances.
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We too are called to be attentive to the needs of our suffering brothers and sisters as part of our Lenten observance.
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We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.
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