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Love
 


Christ triumphed over death with the omnipotence of his love. Love alone is omnipotent. This love impelled Christ to die for us and thus to overcome death. Yes, love alone gives access to the Kingdom of life!

 
Homily
St Thomas of Villanova Parish
Castel Gandolfo
15 August 2008

 
 
 
Love
 


The true disciple does not serve himself or the “public”, but his Lord, in simplicity and generosity: “And your Father who sees everything in secret will reward you” (Mt 6,4.6.18). Our witness will always be more effective the less we seek our own glory and the more we are aware that the reward of the righteous is God Himself, to be united to Him, here, on a journey of faith, and at the end of life, in the peace light of coming face to face with Him forever (cf. 1 Cor 13:12).

 
Homily

Ash Wednesday
Vatican Basilica
13 February 2013

 
 
 
Love
 


If charity, like a good seed, is to grow and fructify in the soul, each of the faithful must willingly hear the word of God and carry out his will with deeds, with the help of his grace. He must frequently receive the sacraments, chiefly the Eucharist, and take part in the holy liturgy; he must constantly apply himself to prayer, self-denial, active brotherly service and the exercise all the virtues. This is because love, as the bond of perfection and fullness of the law, governs, gives meaning to, and perfects all the means of sanctification.

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
13 April 2011

 
 
 
Love
 


Love is the light—and in the end, the only light—that can always illuminate a world grown dim and give us the courage needed to keep living and working. Love is possible, and we are able to practice it because we are created in the image of God.

 
Deus Caritas Est
Encyclical Letter

 
 
 
Love
 


Faith and friendship with Christ create a sense of justice, of the equality of all, of the rights of others and how they create love, charity. And from this charity is born hope too, the certainty that we are loved by Christ and that the love of Christ awaits us thereby rendering us capable of imitating Christ and of seeing Christ in others.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square

20 October 2010

 
 
 
Love
 


Love means leaving yourself behind, giving yourself, not wanting to hold on to yourself, but becoming free from yourself: not getting preoccupied with yourself - what will become of me - but looking ahead toward the other - toward the other - toward God and the people whom he sends to me.

 
Homily
Palm Sunday
5 April 2009

 
 
 
Love
 


God is vulnerable because love is vulnerable.

 
Angelus Address
Castel Gandolfo
15 August 2006

 
 
 
Love
 


Love is the essence of Christianity, which makes the believer and the Christian community a leaven of hope and peace in every environment and especially attentive to the needs of the poor and needy.

 
Homily
Pastoral Visit
Diocese of Velletri-Segni
St Clement's Square
23 September 2007

 

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