What we truly need in this moment of history are men who, through an illuminated living faith, make God credible in this world. The negative witness of Christians who speak of God and live against Him, has obscured the image of God and opened the door to incredulity. We need men who keep their eyes straight on God, and thus learn the true humanity. We need men whose intellect is illuminated by the light of God and to whom God opens his heart, in such a way that their intellect can speak to the intellect of others and their hearts are open to others. Only through men that have been touched by God can God return among men.\u201d
\n\u2014 Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI love that guy so much!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What we truly need in this moment of history are men who, through an illuminated living faith, make God credible in this world. The negative witness of Christians who speak of God and live against Him, has obscured the image of God and opened the door to incredulity. We need men who keep their eyes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[221],"class_list":["post-100685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-b16-is-the-bomb"],"yoast_head":"\n
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