We have to let God's love break through the hard crust of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age. Only then can we let it ignite our imagination and shape our deepest desires. That is why prayer is so important: daily prayer, private prayer in the quiet of our hearts and before the Blessed Sacrament, and liturgical prayer in the heart of the Church.


World Youth Day 2008, held in Australia - Closing Mass (19/07/08)

Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

We have to let God's love break through the hard crust of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age....

We have to let God's love break through the hard crust of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age....

We have to let God's love break through the hard crust of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age....

We have to let God's love break through the hard crust of our indifference, our spiritual weariness, our blind conformity to the spirit of this age....