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Vatican City, Oct 31, 2012 \/ 10:19 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Although faith is intensely personal, it is necessarily transmitted and lived through relationships with others, Pope Benedict XVI said at his general audience on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI cannot build my personal faith in a private dialogue with Jesus, because faith is given to me by God through a community of believers,\u201d the Pope said in a rain-soaked St. Peter's Square Oct. 31.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe Church, and I become part of the multitude of believers in a community that is\u2026rooted in the eternal love of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tResponding to the question of whether or not an individual can live his faith in isolation, the pontiff said the answer is found in the sacrament of baptism, where the believer's acclimation of faith draws him into a community of believers.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe 'I do'\u201d of the profession of faith \u201cis not the product of my own thoughts, but it is the result of a relationship, a dialogue in which there is a listening, and receiving and response,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is communicating with Jesus that takes me out of the 'I' that is enclosed in on myself to open up to the love of God the Father.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPope Benedict also noted that the profession of faith recited in the Creed at Mass, while personal, is corporate as well.<\/p>\n

\tThe individual \u201cI believe\u201d uttered by the individual Catholic is \u201cunited to that of an immense choir in time and space, in which everyone contributes, so to speak, for a harmonious polyphony of faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tDuring his remarks, the Pope reiterated that faith cannot be built on a \u201cpersonal faith in private dialogue with Jesus,\u201d since \u201cthe faith is passed on by a community of believers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn embracing this community, one becomes part of that \u201cmultitude of believers\u2026rooted in the eternal love of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBecause of this, he noted, it is wrong to adhere to the \u201ccontemporary tendency to relegate faith to the private sphere\u201d because that \u201ccontradicts its very nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe new life I live in Christ through the gift of his Spirit is received and nourished within the Church\u2019s communion,\u201d the Pope added.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cDwelling in the Church\u2019s living tradition, may we mature in the faith we have received and, by putting it into practice, become beacons of Christ\u2019s light and peace in our world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe concluded his general audience message with prayers for Americans affected by Hurricane Sandy, which smashed the Eastern coast early this week, leaving over 40 dead.<\/p>\n

\tThe Pope offered his \u201cprayers for the victims and express my solidarity with all those engaged in the work of rebuilding.\u201d<\/p>\n

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