Pope Benedict Quotes on Life (9 Quotes)

It is extremely powerful, the idea in this psalm, that in this 'unformed' embryo God already sees the whole future. In the Lord's book of life, the days that this creature will live and will fill with works during his time on earth are already written.

But the point is that Christ's resurrection is something more, something different. If we may borrow the language of the theory of evolution, it is the greatest 'mutation,' absolutely the most crucial leap into a totally new dimension that there has ever been in the long history of life and its development a leap into a completely new order which does concern us, and concerns the whole of history.

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.

Either we make him a simple devout expression, or he is denied everything, he is banished from public life, thus losing all meaning.

It requires us to recognize and protect the sanctity of life from the first moment of conception until natural death. It requires us to acknowledge the indispensable role of stable marriage and family life for the good of society.

Contemporary societies, while gifted with many means, do not always manage to facilitate the mission of parents, both on the level of spiritual and moral motivation and on that of the practical conditions of life.

But Palm Sunday tells us that it is the cross that is the true tree of life.

I hope that it can illuminate our Christian life.

So I went forward in my life, and thanks to God, the Lord has always taken me by the hand, guided me even in difficult situations.