"Do we live a kind of Christianity without Christ?" -Patrick Bennett, Jr. (shared at Communion and Liberation School of Community on 5/10/12) seems to me we do sometimes.  maybe a lot of the time.  :-( patrick's questions struck me.  as i honestly lo… more »

Christ embodies the great and undiluted loving-kindness of God....  He comes to help us bear the load....  -Benedict XVI; Benedictus - Day by Day with Pope Benedict XVI (A daily companion of spiritual meditations by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI), p. 2… more »

What is important for all people, what makes their life significant, is [knowing] they are loved.  The person in a difficult situation will hold on if he knows Someone is waiting for me, Someone wants me and needs me. -Benedict XVI, quoted by Peter Joh… more »

When faced with the suffering of a loved one ... we feel powerless and we cannot find the right words.  Before a brother or sister plunged into the mystery of the cross ... compassionate silence, a prayerful presence, a gesture of tenderness and comfort… more »

Egoism and a genuine love of self are not only not identical, but are also mutually exclusive.  ...egoism is often due to one's own inner strife... the proper attitude to one's I grows spontaneously in an atmosphere of freedom from self.   - Benedict XV… more »