3 Quotes by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

I am always able to speak with him (Christ) inwardly. But I am nevertheless just a lowly little man who does not always reach all the way up to him.

I say to you, dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ!He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything.When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return.Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ –and you will find true life. Amen.

His[Jesus'] death on the Cross is the culmination of that turning of God against himself in which he gives himself in order to raise man up and save him. This is love in its most radical form.