Joseph Ratzinger Quotes


The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time. Joseph Ratzinger Christmas 86
Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. Joseph Ratzinger Correct 81
The real action in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential. Joseph Ratzinger Action 71
The wrath of God is a way of saying that I have been living in a way that is contrary to the love that is God. Anyone who begins to live and grow away from God, who lives away from what is good, is turning his life toward wrath. Joseph Ratzinger Anyone 69
A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society. Joseph Ratzinger Religion 64
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude. Joseph Ratzinger Bury 62
We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time. Joseph Ratzinger Essential 54
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord. Joseph Ratzinger Accepted 46
The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it caused God to become flesh and pierced this flesh to the quick; that, to God, it was worth the death of his incarnate Son. Joseph Ratzinger Act 46
An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties. Joseph Ratzinger Faith 35
The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely. Joseph Ratzinger Faith 23

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