"Let us first of all bring to mind the vast semantic range of the word 'love': we speak of love of country, love of one’s profession, love between friends, love of work, love between parents and children, love between family members, love of neighbor and love of God. Amid this multiplicity of meaning, however, one [...]
"Justice can never make love superfluous. Beyond justice, man will always need love, which is the only thing that gives justice a soul. In a world so wounded as the one we find in our day, there is really no need to demonstrate what I have said here. The world is waiting for the testimony [...]
"By its nature the Eucharist is the sacrament of peace. At Mass this dimension of the Eucharistic mystery finds specific expression in the sign of peace." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
"Faith acts to purify reason, because of its ability to see and decide correctly. So the Church’s task is that of healing reason and strengthening the desire for the good. In this sense – without engaging in politics herself – the Church participates passionately in the battle for justice." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, God [...]
"If it is to be properly understood, the word of God must be listened to and accepted in a spirit of communion with the Church and with a clear awareness of its unity with the sacrament of the Eucharist. Indeed, the word which we proclaim and accept is the Word made flesh (cf. Jn 1:14); [...]
"Consequently it must constantly be kept in mind that the word of God, read and proclaimed by the Church in the liturgy, leads to the Eucharist as to its own connatural end." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
"With her commandments and her prohibitions, does not the Church turn to bitterness the joy of eros, of being loved, which urges us toward the other person and wants to be realized in union? In the encyclical, I have tried to show that the deepest promise of eros can bear fruit only when do not [...]
"The liturgy of the word and the Eucharistic liturgy, with the rites of introduction and conclusion, 'are so closely interconnected that they form but one single act of worship.' There is an intrinsic bond between the word of God and the Eucharist." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007 [...]
"Faith means emerging from the isolation of one’s existence and becoming 'one body' with Christ, that is, existential unity with him. And this always means: existential unity of all who have become 'one body.'" Source: Pope Benedict XVI, Dogmatic Preaching: Applying Christian Doctrine to Daily Life, Ignatius Press, 2011.
"Everything related to the Eucharist should be marked by beauty. Special respect and care must also be given to the vestments, the furnishings and the sacred vessels, so that by their harmonious and orderly arrangement they will foster awe for the mystery of God, manifest the unity of the faith and strengthen devotion." Source: [...]