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The Master who speaks teaches, not something learned from others, but that which he himself is, the only one who truly knows the path of man towards God, because he is the one who opened it up for us, he made it so that we might have authentic lives, lives which are always worth living, in every circumstance, and which not even death can destroy.
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Address
26TH WORLD YOUTH DAY
Plaza de Cibeles
Madrid, Spain
18 August 2011
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The Lord has a plan for each of us, he calls us each by name. Our task is to learn how to listen, to perceive his call, to be courageous and faithful in following him, and when all is said and done, to be found trustworthy servants who have used well the gifts given us.
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Homily at Vespers
Basilica of Saint Anne
Altötting, Germany
11 September 2006
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We are reminded by Jesus that children welcome the Kingdom of Heaven. Let us purify our hearts so that, like them, we may receive in simplicity the will of God and follow generously day by day the path marked out for us.
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Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
6 July 2008
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The truth is stronger than lies, and love is stronger than hatred. God is stronger than all adverse forces. With this joy, with this inner certainty we follow our journey amidst the consolations of God and the persecutions of the world.
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Lectio Divina
Priests of Rome
Vatican City
11 March 2011
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Christian life begins with a call and is itself always a response, until the end…The Lord has called each of us; each is called by name. God is so great that He has time for each of us. He knows me, He knows each of us by name, personally…We must meditate on this mystery again and again: God, the Lord, has called me, He calls me, He knows me and awaits my response as He awaited Mary's response, as He awaited the response of the Apostles.
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Lectio Divina
Major Roman Seminary
5 March 2011
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| Following Christ |
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Christian life begins with a call and is itself always a response, until the end….The Lord has called each of us; each is called by name. God is so great that He has time for each of us. He knows me, He knows each of us by name, personally…We must meditate on this mystery again and again: God, the Lord, has called me, He calls me, He knows me and awaits my response as He awaited Mary's response, as He awaited the response of the Apostles.
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Lectio Divina
Major Roman Seminary
5 March 2011
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| Following Christ |
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It is… clear what "following" means for us and what its true essence is for us: it is an interior change of life.
It requires me no longer to be withdrawn into myself, considering my own fulfillment the main reason for my life.
It requires me to give myself freely to Another - for truth, for love, for God who, in Jesus Christ, goes before me and shows me the way.
It is a question of the fundamental decision no longer to consider usefulness and gain, my career and success as the ultimate goals of my life, but instead to recognize truth and love as authentic criteria.
It is a question of choosing between living only for myself or giving myself - for what is greater. And let us understand properly that truth and love are not abstract values; in Jesus Christ they have become a person.
By following him, I enter into the service of truth and love. By losing myself I find myself.
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Homily
Palm Sunday
St Peter's Square
22nd World Youth Day
1st April 2007
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Jesus invites each one of us to follow him…on the way of the Cross, so that we might then inherit the eternal life that he, dying, gave to us.
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Homily
St Peter's Square
12 October 2008
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