The Christian meaning of humility was aptly defined by Saint Benedict in his Rule when he says: humility means overcoming forgetfulness. Humility means opposing the forgetfulness that would like to make us forget that we are creatures who can live only from his gift and who can exist and keep the world tolerable only by serving.

—Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI)

from his book On Love

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THE VITAL NUCLEUS OF THE CHURCH

This book from Pope Emeritus Benedict contains many unpublished homilies that addresses what he calls “the vital nucleus of the Church.” This collection, arranged by liturgical season, delightfully displays how love is a quest for every human being on their journey towards Heaven. 

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