Selected quotes of Pope Benedict XVI offered daily for prayer and reflection….

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Amid the thousands of activities and the many distractions that surround us, it is necessary to find moments of recollection before the Lord every day to listen to him and to speak with him.

 
General Audience
9 February 2011

 
 
 
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Look into your hearts each day to find the source of all true love. Jesus is always there, quietly waiting for us to be still with him and to hear his voice.

 
Address to Youth
Westminster Cathedral
London, England
18 September 2010

 
 
 
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Mary teaches us to pray, to make of our prayer an act of love for God and an act of fraternal charity. By praying with Mary, our heart welcomes those who suffer. How can our life not be transformed by this? Why should our whole life and being not become places of hospitality for our neighbors?
Lourdes is a place of light because it is a place of communion, hope and conversion.

 
Homily
Torchlight Procession
Lourdes, Rosary Square
13 September 2008

 
 
 
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At times there is a sort of fear of silence, of recollection, of thinking of one's own actions, of the profound meaning of one's life. All too often people prefer to live only the fleeting moment, deceiving themselves that it will bring lasting happiness; they prefer to live superficially, without thinking, because it seems easier; they are afraid to seek the Truth or perhaps afraid that the Truth will find us, will take hold of us and change our life. Creatures must be silent, leaving space for the silence in which God can speak.

 
General Audience
Castel Gandolfo
25 August 2010

 
 
 
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It is important to learn to live in our days, moments of inner silence in order to hear the Lord's voice. You may be sure that if we learn to listen to this voice and to follow it generously, we have nothing to fear, we know and feel that God is with us, that God is Friend, Father and Brother.

 
Address
Meeting with Young People
Cathedral of Sulmona, Italy
4 July 2010

 
 
 
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Whoever thinks with God thinks well, and whoever speaks to God speaks well. They have valid criteria to judge all the things of the world. They become prudent, wise, and at the same time good; they also become strong and courageous with the strength of God, who resists evil and fosters good in the world.

 
Homily
Solemnity of the Assumption
Parish, Castle Gondolfo
15 August 2005

 
 
 
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From God we do not ask anything small or great, from God we invoke the divine gift of He Himself. In this sense that we must learn to pray ... to Him to give us His Spirit that we may respond to the needs of life and help others in their suffering.

 
Address
Pontifical Seminary of Rome
Feast of Our Lady of Trust
12 February 2010

 
 
 
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True prayer is the driving force of the world since it keeps it open to God.

 
Homily
Basilica of St Sabina
Ash Wednesday
6 February 2008

 

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