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To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and charity.

To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and charity.

Pope Benedict XVI
Justice, Desire, Charity
Pope Benedict XVI (2009). “Charity in Truth”, p.15, Ignatius Press

If in my life I fail completely to heed others, solely out of a desire to be 'devout' and to perform my 'religious duties', then my relationship with God will also grow arid. It becomes merely 'proper', but loveless.

Pope Benedict XVI
Religious, Desire, Failing

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