Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"The more we strive to secure a common good corresponding to the real needs of our neighbors, the more effectively we love them." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in Truth), 6/29/2009
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"Jesus Christ, who 'through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God' (Heb 9:14), makes us, in the gift of the Eucharist, sharers in God's own life." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"Charity goes beyond justice, because to love is to give, to offer what is 'mine' to the other; but it never lacks justice, which prompts us to give the other what is 'his', what is due to him by reason of his being or his acting. I cannot 'give' what is mine to the other [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"The Eucharist reveals the loving plan that guides all of salvation history." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"The increasing prominence of a relativistic understanding of that nature presents serious problems for education, especially moral education, jeopardizing its universal extension. Yielding to this kind of relativism makes everyone poorer and has a negative impact on the effectiveness of aid to the most needy populations, who lack not only economic and technical means, but [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"Technologically advanced societies must not confuse their own technological development with a presumed cultural superiority, but they must rather rediscover within themselves the oft-forgotten virtues which made it possible for them to flourish throughout their history." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in Truth), 6/29/2009
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"In the Eucharist Jesus does not give us a 'thing,' but himself; he offers his own body and pours out his own blood. He thus gives us the totality of his life and reveals the ultimate origin of this love." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"International development aid… whatever the donor’s intentions, can sometimes lock people into a state of dependence and even foster situations of localized oppression and exploitation in the receiving country." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in Truth), 6/29/2009
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"The more lively the eucharistic faith of the People of God, the deeper is its sharing in ecclesial life in steadfast commitment to the mission entrusted by Christ to his disciples. The Church's very history bears witness to this. Every great reform has in some way been linked to the rediscovery of belief in the [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"Without truth, without trust and love for what is true, there is no social conscience and responsibility, and social action ends up serving private interests and the logic of power, resulting in social fragmentation, especially in a globalized society at difficult times like the present." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in [...]