If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign. Pope Benedict XVI More Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI More Quotes From Pope Benedict XVI Dear young people, let me now ask you a question. What will you leave to the next generation? Are you building your lives on firm foundations, building something that will endure? Pope Benedict XVI foundation generations people Being a Christian means having love. That is unbelievably difficult and, at the same time, incredibly simple. Pope Benedict XVI simple christian mean The "door of faith" (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to cross that threshold when the word of God is proclaimed and the heart allows itself to be shaped by transforming grace. To enter through that door is to set out on a journey that lasts a lifetime. Pope Benedict XVI inspiration faith heart If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us! Pope Benedict XVI christian joy son Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on. Pope Benedict XVI catholicism joy christ The current economic crisis...has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of global economic development. It's an acute symptom that is added to other more grave and already well-known ones, such as the continued imbalance between wealth and poverty, the scandal of hunger, the ecological emergency and the problem of unemployment, which has now become general. In this context a strategic re-launching of agriculture appears decisive. Pope Benedict XVI agriculture powerful land The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings. Pope Benedict XVI fighting names children This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being as such. Pope Benedict XVI understanding hands reality Making the sign of the Cross - as we will do during the Blessing - means saying a visible and public "yes" to the One who died and rose for us, to God who in the humility and weakness of his love is the Almighty, stronger than all the power and intelligence of the world. Pope Benedict XVI inspiration humility faith The discernment of a vocation is above all the fruit of an intimate dialogue between the Lord and his disciples. Young people, if they know how to pray, can be trusted to know what to do with God's call. Pope Benedict XVI fruit praying people Music has no borders, no race or color, no limits of country, no ethnicity. Music makes the people come together. Dance it,Dance all. Pope Benedict XVI ethnicity race country The evangelization of the person and of human communities depends totally on this encounter with Jesus Christ. Pope Benedict XVI encounters community jesus Nature expresses a design of love and truth. Pope Benedict XVI truth-and-love design life We celebrate [Easter] because now, thanks to the risen Lord, it is definitively established that reason is stronger than unreason, truth stronger than lies, love stronger than death. Pope Benedict XVI stronger easter lying Everything in this world will pass away. In eternity only Love will remain. Pope Benedict XVI eternity passing-away world The new Pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ. Pope Benedict XVI shining light men Consecrated life means going to the very root of the love of Jesus Christ with an undivided heart and putting nothing ahead of this love. Pope Benedict XVI heart mean jesus Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is, letting oneself be "tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of doctrine," seems the only attitude that can cope with modern times. Pope Benedict XVI teaching attitude wind Joy is the true gift of Christmas, and we can communicate this joy simply: with a smile, a kind gesture, a little help, forgiveness. And the joy we give will certainly come back to us. Pope Benedict XVI gestures joy giving Prayer itself, born in Catholic families, nurtured by programs of Christian formation, strengthened by the grace of the sacraments, is the first means by which we come to know the Lord’s will for our lives. To the extent that we teach young people to pray, and to pray well, we will be cooperating with God’s call. Programs, plans and projects have their place; but the discernment of a vocation is above all the fruit of an intimate dialogue between the Lord and his disciples. Young people, if they know how to pray, can be trusted to know what to do with God’s call. Pope Benedict XVI prayer christian mean
