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Judas is neither a master of evil nor the figure of a demoniacal power of darkness but rather a sycophant who bows before the anonymous power of changing moods and current fashions. But it is precisely this anonymous

Judas is neither a master of evil nor the figure of a demoniacal power of darkness but rather a sycophant who bows before the anonymous power of changing moods and current fashions. But it is precisely this anonymous power that crucified Jesus, for it was anonymous voices that cried 'away with him! Crucify him!'

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Fashion, Jesus, Voice
Pope Benedict XVI, Irene Grassl (1992). “Co-workers of the Truth: Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, p.359, Ignatius Press

Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist. Only he gives the fullness of life to humanity! With Mary, say your own "yes" to God, for he wishes to give himself to you.

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Jesus, Fullness Of Life, Names

When, for example, in the name of non-discrimination, people try to force the Catholic Church to change her position on homosexuality or the ordination of women, then that means that she is no longer allowed to live out her own identity and that, instead, an abstract, negative religion is being made into a tyrannical standard that everyone must follow. That is then seemingly freedom — for the sole reason that it is liberation from the previous situation.

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Mean, Names, People

When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical.

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Political, Politics, Politician

Everything in this world will pass away. In eternity only Love will remain.

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Passing Away, World, Eternity
Pope Benedict XVI (2011). “Holiness Is Always in Season”, p.78, Ignatius Press

The Jesus of the Gospels is surely not convenient for us.

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Jesus, Convenient

Only if there is love, if hearts are opened, can one person truly know the other.

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Faith, Inspiration, Heart
Pope Benedict XVI (2011). “Great Christian Thinkers: From the Early Church Through the Middle Ages”, p.23, Fortress Press

We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.

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Grace, Mercy, Power Of God
"Why is the pope resigning now?" By Eric Marrapodi, www.cnn.com. February 11, 2013.

Art means: revealing God in everything that exists.

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Art, Mean, Revealing

Christianity is not a new philosophy or new morality. We are Christians only if we encounter Christ... Only in this personal relationship with Christ, only in this encounter with the Risen One do we really become Christians... Therefore, let us pray to the Lord to enlighten us, so that, in our world, he will grant us the encounter with his presence, and thus give us a lively faith, an open heart, and great charity for all, capable of renewing the world.

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Christian, Philosophy, Heart

There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the Gospel, by the encounter with Christ. There is nothing more beautiful than to know Him and to speak to others of our friendship with Him.

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Beautiful, Encounters, Speak

How much we need, in the church and in society, witnesses of the beauty of holiness, witnesses of the splendour of truth, witnesses of the joy and freedom born of a living relationship with Christ!

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Joy, Church, Needs
Sermon of Benedict XVI, w2.vatican.va. September 18, 2010.

Every human being is loved by God the Father. No one need feel forgotten, for every name is written in the Lord's loving heart.

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Father, Heart, Names

Do not be afraid of seeming different and being criticized for what might seem to be losing or out of fashion; your peers but adults too, especially those who seem more distant from the mindset and values of the Gospel, are crying out to see someone who dares to live according to the fullness of humanity revealed by Jesus Christ.

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Fashion, Jesus, Humanity

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

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Moving, Goal, Ego
"Profile: Pope Benedict XVI". www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2005.

If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.

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Heart, Secret, World

Everything is a gift from God: it is only by recognizing this crucial dependence on the Creator that we will find freedom and peace.

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Faith, Inspiration, Gift From God

The ways of the Lord are not easy, but we were not created for an easy life, but for great things, for goodness.

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Greatness, Comfort, Way
Pope Benedict XVI's Address To The German Pilgrims Who Had Come To Rome For The Inauguration Ceremony Of The Pontificate, w2.vatican.va. April 25, 2005.

Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.

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War, Issues, Diversity

Civilization is now under the tyranny of relativism.

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Civilization, Tyranny, Relativism

An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.

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Faith, Fashion, Adults

God came into the world to reawaken the thirst for great things in us.

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Faith, Inspiration, World

The happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist.

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Faith, Jesus, Inspiration
Pope Benedict XVI (2006). “God's Revolution: World Youth Day and Other Cologne Talks”, p.34, Ignatius Press

Lent is like a long 'retreat' during which we can turn back into ourselves and listen to the voice of God, in order to defeat the temptations of the Evil One. It is a period of spiritual 'combat' which we must experience alongside Jesus, not with pride and presumption, but using the arms of faith: prayer, listening to the word of God and penance. In this way we will be able to celebrate Easter in truth, ready to renew the promises of our Baptism.

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Spiritual, Jesus, Easter

Indeed, truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour.

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Truth, Numbers, Favour
Pope Benedict XVI's Address to The Holy See's International Diplomats, w2.vatican.va. March 18, 2006.

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