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Jesus Christ
 


Jesus' entire earthly existence, from conception to death on the Cross, was a single act of love, so much so that we can summarize our faith in these words: Jesus Caritas, Jesus Love.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
25 September 2005

 
 
 
Jesus Christ
 


Christ, our eternal high priest, daily unites our own sacrifices, our own sufferings, our own needs, hopes and aspirations, to the infinite merits of his sacrifice. Through him, with him, and in him, we lift up our own bodies as a sacrifice holy and acceptable to God (cf. Rom 12:1).

 
Homily
Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood

City of Westminster, UK

18 September 2010

 
 
 
Jesus Christ
 


He — the Son of God — is the temple that is not “made with hands” in which the presence of God the Father became so close as to enter our human flesh to bring us to God, to open the gates of heaven. Our prayer, therefore, must be the contemplation of Jesus at the right hand of God, of Jesus as the Lord of our, or my, daily life.

 
General Audience 

St Peter's Square

2 May 2012

 
 
 
Jesus Christ
 


Jesus is the new man who wills to live as the son of God, that is, in love; the man who in the face of the evil of the world, by choosing the path of humility and responsibility he chooses not to save himself but to offer his own life for truth and justice.

 
Angelus Address
Peter's Square
13 January 2013

 
 
 
Jesus Christ
 


Jesus is our true and only Teacher! We are, therefore, called to follow the Son of God, the Word Incarnate, who expresses the truth of his teaching through his faithfulness to the will of the Father, through the gift of himself.

 
Angelus Address

St Peter's Square

30 October 2011

 
 
 
Jesus Christ
 


For sacred Scripture, contemplating the face of God is the greatest happiness: “You gladden him with the joy of your face” (Ps 21:7). From the contemplation of the face of God are born joy, security and peace. But what does it mean concretely to contemplate the face of the Lord, as understood in the New Testament? It means knowing him directly, in so far as is possible in this life, through Jesus Christ in whom he is revealed.

 
Homily

Vatican Basilica

1st January 2013

 
 
 
Jesus Christ
 


Let us express to “the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come” (Rev 1:8), repentance and the request for forgiveness for our shortcomings, as well as sincere gratitude for the innumerable benefits granted to us by the divine Good. In particular, let us thank him for the grace and truth that have come to us through Jesus Christ. In him lies the fullness of all human time. In him lies the future of every human being. In him will be brought about the fulfilment of the hopes of the Church and of the world.

 
Homily at Vespers
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
St Peter's Basilica
31 December 2012

 
 
 
Jesus Christ
 


The Son of God has already come to Bethlehem about 20 centuries ago, he comes in each moment in the soul and in the community disposed to receive him; he will come again at the end of time ‘to judge the living and the dead’. The believer is therefore always vigilant, inspired by the intimate hope of encountering the Lord.

 
Angelus Address
St Peter's Square
2 December 2007

 

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