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Seeking God - is today, as it was yesterday, the foundation of all true culture.
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General Audience
Paul VI Hall
17 September 2008
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Let us turn our gaze and our heart to him, in spiritual union with the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Advent. Let us place our hand in hers and enter joyfully into this new time of grace that God gives as a gift to his Church for the good of all humanity. Like Mary and with her maternal help, let us make ourselves docile to the action of the Holy Spirit, so that the God of peace may sanctify us totally, and the Church become a sign and instrument of hope for all men.
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Homily at Vespers
First Sunday of Advent
St Peter's Basilica
29 November 2008
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It is true that we are citizens of another “city”, where our true homeland is found; but we must journey on towards this destination every day, here on earth. Taking part from this moment in the life of the Risen Christ, we must live in this world, in the heart of the earthly city, as new men and women.
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General Audience
St. Peter's Square
27 April 2011
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I encourage everyone to live their Christian vocation with renewed enthusiasm in the home, as genuine servants of the love which welcomes, accompanies and defends life. Make your homes true seedbeds of virtue, and serene and luminous areas of trust in which, guided by the grace of God, it is possible to discern the call of the Lord who continues to invite us to follow Him.
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Angelus
St. Peter's Square
2 January 2011
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You may well encounter opposition to the Gospel message. Today’s culture, like every culture, promotes ideas and values that are sometimes at variance with those lived and preached by our Lord Jesus Christ. Often they are presented with great persuasive power, reinforced by the media and by social pressure from groups hostile to the Christian faith. It is easy, when we are young and impressionable, to be swayed by our peers to accept ideas and values that we know are not what the Lord truly wants for us. That is why I say to you: do not be afraid, but rejoice in his love for you; trust him, answer his call to discipleship, and find nourishment and spiritual healing in the sacraments of the Church.
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Address
Meeting with Young People
Great Port of Valletta, Malta
18 April 2010
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The home is called to practice and cultivate reciprocal love and truth, respect and justice, loyalty and collaboration, service and readiness to help others, especially the weakest. The Christian home ... must be impregnated with the presence of God, placing the events of every day in His hands and asking His help to accomplish its vital mission.
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Video Message
Sixth World Meeting of Families
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico
17 January 2009
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Palpitating humanity, ardent faith and profound humility pervade the songs of Romanus the Melodist. This great poet and composer reminds us of the entire treasure of Christian culture, born of faith, born of the heart that has found Christ, the Son of God. From this contact of the heart with the truth that is love, culture is born, the entire great Christian culture. And if faith endures, this cultural heritage does not die, but remains alive and present. Icons still speak to the hearts of believers; they are not things of the past. The cathedrals are not medieval monuments, but houses of life, where we feel at home: we encounter God and we encounter one another. Not even great music – Gregorian chant, Bach or Mozart – is a thing of the past: it lives on from the vitality of the liturgy and of our faith. If faith is alive, Christian culture will never be ‘outdated’ but rather will remain alive and current.
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General Audience
31 May 2008
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