Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential.
Quotes to Explore
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Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of religion, faith, tradition - and even God - have consistently been proven wrong.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.
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In the old days, you had an audience of about 400, half of whom were committee members from somewhere or other sitting in their suits. It's become a real sports event with sports fans now.
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I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months.
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Be reactionary. React to what the market wants. And the market wants one-on-one real time engagement. Now that we have the tools to engage, I'm going to continue fighting for the end user.
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One of the greatest gifts God ever gave to humanity was that of liberty. We love freedom and bloom under it. We cannot and should not try to force people to live by a certain religious code. To do so negates our free will.
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But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.
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I believe that God wants us to show respect.
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The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
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Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.
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A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
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God was going to be to me the father that I never had, the father that I didn't have enough of, enough time with.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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My thing about going to the gym is that I leave my bracelets on, and I put on my makeup the way I would do it in real life, and I wear cute clothes, because if I don't feel good when I leave the house, then I'm not motivated to do it. I need to like how I look while I'm doing it.
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The main problem that we have in Lebanon, and in the region, is we don't have a real peace process and I think this is the main focal problem that we have in the region.
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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a force for good that survives through millennia; here is truly light from light.
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I'm proud to say I'm a role model for kids.
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The West has yet to discover anything so hygienic as the Indian toothstick.
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The real 'action' in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential.
