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Joseph Ratzinger Quotes

Joseph Ratzinger quotes about love

Deutsch Clergyman April 16, 1927

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In the end, even the “yes” to love is a source of suffering, because love always requires expropriations of my “I”, in which I allow myself to be pruned and wounded. Love simply cannot exist without this painful renunciation of myself, for otherwise it becomes pure selfishness and thereby ceases to be love. Joseph Ratzinger
Knowing is not simply a material act, since the object that is known always conceals something beyond the empirical datum. All our knowledge, even the most simple, is always a minor miracle, since it can never be fully explained by the material instruments that we apply to it. In every truth there is something more than we would have expected, in the love that we receive there is always an element that surprises us. Joseph Ratzinger
Joseph Ratzinger quote: "Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is..."
Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary. Joseph Ratzinger
Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave. Joseph Ratzinger
The State which would provide everything, absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering person—every person—needs: namely, loving personal concern. We do not need a State which regulates and controls everything, but a State which, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, generously acknowledges and supports initiatives arising from the different social forces and combines spontaneity with... Joseph Ratzinger
It is not by sidestepping or fleeing from suffering that we are healed, but rather by our capacity for accepting it, maturing through it and finding meaning through union with Christ, who suffered with infinite love. Joseph Ratzinger
Joseph Ratzinger quote: "Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and..."
Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering. Joseph Ratzinger
Joseph Ratzinger quote: "Intelligence and love are not in separate compartments: love..."
Intelligence and love are not in separate compartments: love is rich in intelligence and intelligence is full of love. Joseph Ratzinger
The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given. Joseph Ratzinger

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