The ways of the Lord are not easy, but we were not created for an easy life, but for great things, for goodness.
Pope Benedict XVIThe need to proclaim Christ boldly and courageously is a continuing priority for the Church; indeed it is a solemn duty laid upon her by Christ who enjoined the Apostles to 'go out to the whole world, proclaim the Good News to all creation.'
Pope Benedict XVIBy itself, the question of the liturgy's essence and the standards of the reform has brought us back to the question of music and its position in the liturgy. And as a matter of fact one cannot speak about worship at all without also speaking of the music of worship.
Pope Benedict XVII, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord is victorious.
Pope Benedict XVI