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

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In every situation of life we need to pray, especially in times of trial and difficulty. We must always knock at the door of the Lord with confidence, knowing that He cares for all his children. For this, we are asked not to be afraid to turn to Him with confidence and to submit our petitions to him, in the certainty of receiving what we need.

 
General Audience
Castel Gandolfo
1 August 2012

 
 
 
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In our prayer we must open ourselves to the presence of the Holy Spirit, who prays in us with sighs too deep for words, to lead us to adhere to God with all our heart and with all our being.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
16 May 2012

 
 
 
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In a world in which we risk relying only on the power of human means, we are called to rediscover and bear witness to the power of prayer, through which we grow day by day as our lives are conformed to that of Christ.

 
General Audience
Paul VI Hall
Vatican City
13 June 2012

 
 
 
Prayer
 


At the origin of witnessing to the faith, which every Christian should give in the family, at work, in society, and even in moments of relaxation, is prayer, a personal contact with God; only this real relationship with God gives us the strength to live every event, especially the most suffered moments, intensely.

 
General Audience
Castel Gandolfo
8 August 2012

 
 
 
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Constant prayer reawakens within us the sense of the Lord’s presence in our life and in history.

 
General Audience
Paul VI Hall
Vatican City
5 September 2012

 
 
 
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This, ultimately, is the very aim of meditation: to entrust ourselves increasingly to the hands of God, with trust and love, certain that in the end it is only by doing his will that we are truly happy.

 
General Audience
Castel Gandolfo
17 August 2011

 
 
 
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The more space we give to prayer, the more we will see our lives transformed and animated by the real power of God's love.

 
General Audience
Paul VI Hall
Vatican City
13 June 2012

 
 
 
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St Augustine teaches us: "Ipsum desiderium tuum, oratio tua est; et si continuum desiderium, continua oratio": your desire is your prayer; and if it is an on-going desire, it is also continuous prayer (cf. Ep. 130. 18-20); therefore, as a fire that burns and is never extinguished, the heart is made alert, it never ceases to desire God and always raises a hymn of praise to him.

 
Celebration of Midday Hour
Monastery of "Santa Maria del Rosario"
Rome, Italy
24 June 2010

 

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