Raniero Cantalamessa Quotes

• We are not heading for an eternal void and an eternal silence but we are on our way to an encounter, an encounter with Him who created us and loves us more than mother and father.

  Raniero Cantalamessa

  Cristiano, Madre, Padre

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• Laypeople are a kind of nuclear energy in the Church on a spiritual level. A layperson caught up with the gospel and living next to other people can "contaminate" two others, and these two, four others, etc. Since lay Christians number not only tens of thousands like the clergy but hundreds of millions, they can truly play a decisive role in spreading the beneficial light of the gospel in the world.

  Raniero Cantalamessa

  Christian, Spiritual, Play

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• Throughout history there have been many men and women who have chosen to imitate Jesus as he withdraws into the desert... To pass time in the desert means to create a little emptiness and silence around us, to rediscover the road to our heart, to remove ourselves from the noise and external distractions, to enter into contact with the deepest source of our being and our faith.

  Raniero Cantalamessa

  Fe, Jesús, Inspiración

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• Es verdad que ni siquiera Cristo se ve, pero existe; ha resucitado, está vivo, está cerca de nosotros, más verdaderamente de lo que el marido más enamorado está cerca de su mujer. He aquí el punto crucial: pensar en Cristo no como una persona del pasado, sino como el Señor resucitado y vivo, con quien puedo hablar, a quien puedo incluso besar si lo deseo, seguro de que mi beso no termina en el papel o en la madera de un crucifijo, sino en un rostro y en unos labios de carne viva (aunque espiritualizada), feliz de recibir mi beso.

  Raniero Cantalamessa

  Christian, Husband, Kissing

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• The immense wealth of doctrine and institutions can become a handicap if we are trying to present all of that to a person who has lost all contact with the Church and no longer knows who Jesus is. That would be like clothing a baby with one of those enormous, heavy brocaded copes that priests and bishops used to wear. Instead, it is necessary to help this person establish a relationship with Jesus.

  Raniero Cantalamessa

  Christian, Baby, Jesus

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• El mayor pecado contra los pobres y los hambrientos es quizá la indiferencia, hacer creer que no vemos, que pasamos de largo al otro lado de la calle.

  Raniero Cantalamessa

  Believe, Passing By, Sides

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• I believe that the most necessary thing to do on the feast of Corpus Christi is not to explain some aspect of the Eucharist, but to revive wonder and marvel before the mystery.

  Raniero Cantalamessa

  Believe, Mystery, Wonder

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