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

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Jesus...did not flee the mission for which he came into the world, although he knew that to attain glory he would have to pass through the Cross.
On the contrary, Christ enters more deeply into this mission, adhering with all his being to the Father's will; he shows us that true prayer consists precisely in uniting our will with that of God. For a Christian, therefore, to pray is not to evade reality and the responsibilities it brings but rather, to fully assume them, trusting in the faithful and inexhaustible love of the Lord.

 
ANGELUS
Second Sunday of Lent
4 March 2007

 
 
 
Prayer
 


Prayer is contemplation of the mystery of God and the wonders that he works in the history of salvation.

 
General Audience
8 June 2005

 
 
 
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To encounter God it is necessary to be able to see with the heart. We must learn to see with a child's heart, with a youthful heart not hampered by prejudices or blinded by interests. Thus, it is in the lowly who have such free and open hearts and recognize Jesus, that the Church sees her own image, the image of believers of all ages.

 
Homily
Palm Sunday
16 March 2008

 
 
 
Prayer
 


Dear parents! Please pray together at home: at meals and before going to bed. Prayer does not only bring us closer to God but also nearer to one another. It is a powerful source of peace and joy. Family life becomes more joyful and expansive whenever God is there and his closeness is experienced in prayer.

 
Address at Vespers
Cathedral of Munich, Germany
10 September 2006

 
 
 
Prayer
 


In a beautiful passage, St Augustine defines prayer as the expression of desire, and affirms that God responds by moving our hearts toward him. On our part we must purify our desires and our hopes to welcome the sweetness of God (cf. In I Ioannis 4, 6). Indeed, only this opening of ourselves to others saves us. Let us pray, therefore, that we can follow the example of this great convert every day of our lives, and in every moment of our life encounter the Lord Jesus, the only One who saves us, purifies us and gives us true joy, true life.

 
General Audience
27 February 2008

 
 
 
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As people of prayer filled with his light, we reach out to others and bring them into our prayer and into the presence of God, who will not fail to do his part.

 
Cathedral of Saint Corbinian, Freising, 14 September 2006

 

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