Selected quotes of Pope Benedict XVI offered daily for prayer and reflection….

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There is no human cry that is not heard by God,

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
16 May 2012

 
 
 
Prayer
 


Making time for God regularly is a fundamental element for spiritual growth; it will be the Lord himself who gives us the taste for his mysteries, his words, his presence and action, for feeling how beautiful it is when God speaks with us; he will enable us to understand more deeply what he expects of me.

 
General Audience
Castel Gandolfo
17 August 2011

 
 
 
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With prayer we are not liberated from trials and suffering, but we can live through them in union with Christ, with his suffering, in the hope of also participating in his glory (cf. Rom 8:17).

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
16 May 2012

 
 
 
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Constant and unanimous prayer is a precious tool to overcome any trial that may arise on life’s journey, because it is in being deeply united to God that allows us also to be united to others.

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
9 May 2012

 
 
 
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Silent contemplation immerses us in the source of that Love who directs us towards our neighbors so that we may feel their suffering and offer them the light of Christ, his message of life and his saving gift of the fullness of love.

 
MESSAGE FOR THE
46th WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY
24 January 2012

 
 
 
Prayer
 


Our prayer must be assiduous, united with others; an expression of complete trust in God who knows us in our most intimate selves and looks after us.

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
9 May 2012

 
 
 
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To meditate means to create within us a situation of recollection, of inner silence, in order to reflect upon and assimilate the mysteries of our faith and what God is working within us; and not merely on the things that come and go.

 
General Audience
Castel Gandolfo
17 August 2011

 
 
 
Prayer
 


The Spirit, poured forth into our hearts, leads us to the Father, constantly making present God’s “Yes” to us in Christ, and in turn, enabling us to say our “Yes” – Amen! – to God.
Our use of the word “Amen”, rooted in the ancient liturgical prayer of Israel and then taken up by the early Church, expresses our firm faith in God’s word and our hope in his promises.

 
General Audience
St Peter's Square
30 May 2012

 

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