Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Wisdom from Joseph Ratzinger

The world needs mercy … Where justice is separated from mercy, justice becomes cruel and unjust. Only mercy can keep justice fair. And where there is mercy, righteousness is built up, too. Be such men of mercy: for the elderly, for the sick, for the children, for the young people who so often lack the experience of loving parents and siblings—men of mercy for God’s poor! And do not forget that rich people can be very poor, too. If the word of mercy has never reached them, has never touched their hearts, then it becomes evident that true wealth is not ownership but mercy, love, the light that proceeds from God’s love.

—JOSEPH RATZINGER
from Teaching and Learning the Love of God: Being a Priest Today


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