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Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed ecstasy, not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an on-going exodus out of the closed inward-looking self toward its liberation through

Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed "ecstasy," not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an on-going exodus out of the closed inward-looking self toward its liberation through self-giving... toward authentic self-discovery and indeed the discovery of God.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Journey

I encourage all of you to discover ever more fully in the Eucharist, the sacrament of Christ's sacrificial love, the inspiration and strength needed to work ever more generously for the spread of God's Kingdom and the growth of the civilization of love.

Pope Benedict XVI
Inspiration, Civilization, Growth
Pope Benedict XVI'a Address to The Members Of The Papal Foundation, w2.vatican.va. April 20, 2007.

From the point of view of the Christian faith, man comes in the profoundest sense to himself not through what he does but through what he accepts. He must wait for the gift of love, and love can only be received as a gift... One must wait for it, let it be given to one. And one cannot become wholly man in any other way than by being loved, by letting oneself be loved... If he declines to let himself be presented with the gift, then he destroys himself.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Christian, Inspiration

Only from God does true revolution come... the definitive way to change the world.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Doe
Pope Benedict XVI (2006). “God's Revolution: World Youth Day and Other Cologne Talks”, p.49, Ignatius Press

With the Eucharist, therefore, heaven comes down to earth, the tomorrow of God descends into the present and it is as if time remains embraced by divine eternity.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Heaven

Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Lying, Inspiration
Pope Benedict XVI (2011). “Jesus of Nazareth: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection. Holy week. Part two”, p.49, Ignatius Press

God no longer simply stands before us as the One who is totally Other. He is within us, and we are in him. His dynamic enters into us and then seeks to spread outward to others until it fills the world, so that his love can truly become the dominant measure of the world.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, World
Pope Benedict XVI (2006). “God's Revolution: World Youth Day and Other Cologne Talks”, p.54, Ignatius Press

The world needs transparent lives, clear souls, pure minds that refuse to be perceived as mere objects of pleasure.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Soul
Pope Benedict XVI (2011). “Holiness Is Always in Season”, p.320, Ignatius Press

Eternity is not an unending succession of days in the calendar, but something more like the supreme moment of satisfaction, in which totality embraces us and we embrace totality.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Calendars

Violence against even one human being is violence against all.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Violence

Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your conscience? The Magi heard the answer: "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet" (Mt 2: 5), and, enlightened by these words, they chose to press forward to the very end.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Stars, Inspiration
Pope Benedict XVI's address during The XX World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, w2.vatican.va. August 18, 2005.

In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth... Deeper reflection helps us to discover the links between events that at first sight seem unconnected... For this to happen, it is necessary to develop an appropriate environment, a kind of 'eco-system' that maintains a just equilibrium between silence, words, images and sounds.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Reflection

Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite and Holy One? Yes, he can, precisely because God Himself has become man, become body, and here (in the liturgy), again and again, he comes through his body to us who live in the body.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Men
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) (2016). “Joseph Ratzinger Collected Works: Theology of the Liturgy”, p.112, Ignatius Press

In the pierced heart of the Crucified, God's own heart is opened up - here we see who God is and what he is like. Heaven is no longer locked up. God has stepped out of his hiddenness.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Heart
"The Spirit of the Liturgy". Book by Pope Benedict XVI, 2000.

A thirst for the infinite is indelibly present in human beings. Man was created to have a relationship with God; we need him.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Men

The highest things, the things that really matter, we cannot achieve on our own; we have to accept them as gifts and enter in to the dynamic of the gift, so to speak.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Matter
Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger (2007). “Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration”, p.268, Image

The world needs more than just itself. Amid the dreariness, people do not need a distraction that will in the end become dreary itself; they are asking for mystery, even if they do not realize this themselves. They need the sign of the wholly Other, the living Word of God, entering into this our age in unadulterated trustworthiness and dynamism.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, People

In the world in which we live, it is almost a necessity to be able to regain one's strength of body and spirit, especially for those who live in the city, where the conditions of life, often feverish, leave little room for silence, reflection and relaxed contact with nature.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Reflection

What is capable of restoring enthusiasm and confidence, what can encourage the human spirit to rediscover its path, to raise its eyes to the horizon, to dream of a life worthy of its vocation - if not beauty?

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Dream, Inspiration

The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for the Lord, and the less freedom there is. It is my opinion that we ought to begin an unsparing examination of conscience on this point at all levels in the Church.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Church
Pope Benedict XVI (1996). “Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today”, p.90, Ignatius Press

Grace, lavished upon us by God and communicated through the Mystery of the Incarnate Word, is an absolutely free gift with which nature is healed, strengthened and assisted in pursuing the innate desire for happiness in the heart of every man and of every woman.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Heart
Pope Benedict XVI (2012). “Holy Men and Women from the Middle Ages and Beyond”, p.75, Ignatius Press

Let us allow ourselves to be 'infected' by St. Joseph's silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too noisy, that does not favor meditation or listening to the voice of God.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Voice

It is important always to know that the first word, the true initiative, the true activity comes from God and only by inserting ourselves into the divine initiative, only begging for this divine initiative, shall we too be able to become - with him and in him - evangelizers.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Important

At the judgment, in response to our questions, the Lord will show us his wounds, and we will understand. In the meantime, however, he simply expects us to stand by him and to believe what these wounds tell us, even though we cannot work right through the logic of this world.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Inspiration, Believe

Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth! Authentic Christian discipleship is marked by a sense of wonder. We stand before the God we know and love as a friend, the vastness of his creation, and the beauty of our Christian faith.

Pope Benedict XVI
Faith, Christian, Inspiration
Pope Benedict XVI (2008). “Pope Benedict in America: The Full Texts of Papal Talks Given During His Apostolic Visit to the United States”, p.130, Ignatius Press

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