| A good confession before Easter remains an obligation that should be fully valued and gives us the opportunity to start anew. Pope Benedict XVI Remarks |
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| After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything in liturgical matters, especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council. Eventually, the idea of the givenness of the liturgy, the fact that one cannot do with it what one will, faded from the public consciousness of the West. In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope's authority is bound to the Tradition of faith, and that also applies to the liturgy. It is not "manufactured" by the authorities. Even the pope can only be a humble servant of its lawful development and abiding integrity and identity. . . . The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition. . . . The greatness of the liturgy depends - we shall have to repeat this frequently - on its unspontaneity. Pope Benedict XVI Popular Quotes |
| do one's daily work in the spirit of Christ. Pope Benedict XVI Adages |
| God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in love, which is a sincere gift of self.Benedict XVI, ANGELUS, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Sunday, 22 May 2005 Pope Benedict XVI Quotations |
| Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church, is often labeled today as a fundamentalism. ... Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and 'swept along by every wind of teaching,' looks like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards. Pope Benedict XVI Quotes |
| I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace. Pope Benedict XVI Adages |
| If the divorced are remarried civilly, they find themselves in a situation that objectively contravenes God's law. Consequently, they cannot receive Holy Communion as long as this situation persists. This norm is not at all a punishment or a discrimination against the divorced and remarried, but rather expresses an objective situation that of itself renders impossible the reception of Holy Communion: '. . . If these people were admitted to the Eucharist, the faithful would be led into error and confusion regarding the Church's teaching about the indissolubility of marriage'. Pope Benedict XVI Popular Quotes |
| In his spirituality and in his tireless ministry, the presence of Mary as mother and queen of the church was made manifest to the eyes of all. Pope Benedict XVI Quotes |
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| It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil, of love that overcomes hatred, of life that defeats death. Pope Benedict XVI |
| not tolerance but hypocrisy. Pope Benedict XVI Adages |
| The ecclesial communities which have not preserved the valid Episcopate and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery, are not Churches in the proper sense; however, those who are baptized in these communities are, by Baptism, incorporated in Christ and thus are in a certain communion, albeit imperfect, with the Church. Pope Benedict XVI Remarks |
| This successor of Peter knows he has been entrusted with the task of confirming his brothers ... with the intention of working to reconstitute the full and visible unity of all the followers of Christ. Pope Benedict XVI Sayings |
| Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time (full) of joyful hope and profound gratitude. Pope Benedict XVI Popular Quotes |
| Today, the Lord puts us on guard against the self-reliance that puts a limit on his limitless love. He invites us to imitate his humility. Pope Benedict XVI Quotations |
| We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's own ego and one's own desires... The church needs to withstand the tides of trends and the latest novelties.... We must become mature in this adult faith, we must guide the flock of Christ to this faith. Pope Benedict XVI Remarks |
| We can be sure our beloved pope is standing today at the window of the father's house, that he sees us and blesses us. Pope Benedict XVI Adages |
| Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. Such attraction fades quickly - it cannot compete in the market of leisure pursuits, incorporating as it increasingly does various forms of religious titillation. Pope Benedict XVI |
