Pope Benedict XVI Quotes About Meditation
-
Dear brothers and sisters...The Lord is calling me to "climb the mountain", to devote myself even more to prayer and meditation. But this does not mean abandoning the Church, indeed, if God is asking me to do this, it is so I can continue to serve the Church with the same dedication and the same love with which I have done thus far, but in a way that is better suited to my age and my strength
→ -
Each one of us needs time and space for recollection, meditation and calmness.... Thanks be to God that this is so! In fact, this need tells us that we are not made for work alone, but also to think, to reflect or even simply to follow with our minds and our hearts a tale, a story in which to immerse ourselves, in a certain sense to lose ourselves to find ourselves subsequently enriched.
→ -
Let us allow ourselves to be 'infected' by St. Joseph's silence! We need it greatly, in a world that is often too noisy, that does not favor meditation or listening to the voice of God.
→
Related Authors
-
Christoph Schonborn Chaplain -
-
-
-
Paul the Apostle Founding Figure -
Mother Teresa Saint -
-
Hans Urs von Balthasar Theologian -
-
-
Jurgen Habermas Philosopher -
-
-
Pope John Paul II Priest -
Saint Augustine Saint -
Francis of Assisi Saint -
-
Hans Kung Priest -
Karl Rahner Theologian -
Benedict of Nursia Saint