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Pope Benedict XVI
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: April 16
Philosopher
Pianist
Religious Writer
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Transitional Deacon
University Teacher
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI
Josef Ratzinger
Benedetto XVI
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Joseph Alois Ratzinger
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Lent stimulates us to let the Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we are, where we come from, where we must go, what path we must take in life.
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Every human being is loved by God the Father. No one need feel forgotten, for every name is written in the Lord's loving heart.
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A good school provides a rounded education for the whole person. And a good Catholic school, over and above this, should help all its students to become saints.
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Let us seek in particular to communicate the deepest joy, that of knowing God in Christ.
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Music, great music, distends the spirit, arouses profound emotions and almost naturally invites us to raise our minds and hearts to God in all situations of human existence, the joyful and the sad. Music can become prayer.
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Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth!
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There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the Gospel, by the encounter with Christ. There is nothing more beautiful than to know Him and to speak to others of our friendship with Him.
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Listen to the voice of the earth.
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How can it be that the most wonderous and sacred human space - the womb - has become a place of unutterable violence?
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Art means: revealing God in everything that exists.
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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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In the eyes of the unrighteous it appeared that God did not intervene and that His Son died, but for believers it was at that precise moment that true glory was manifested and definitive salvation achieved.
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It was easy to know the doctrine. It's much harder to help a billion people live it.
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If Jesus has become your hope, communicate this to others with your joy and your spiritual, apostolic and social engagement. Let Christ dwell within you, and having placed all your faith and trust in Him, spread this hope around you. Make choices that demonstrate your faith.
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If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.
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God no longer simply stands before us as the One who is totally Other. He is within us, and we are in him. His dynamic enters into us and then seeks to spread outward to others until it fills the world, so that his love can truly become the dominant measure of the world.
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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.
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But Palm Sunday tells us that ... it is the cross that is the true tree of life.
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It is important always to remember that virtual contact cannot and must not take the place of direct human contact with people at every level of our lives.
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I am simply a pilgrim beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this earth.
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