Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite a…

Pope Benedict XVI
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Can man, the finite and sinful one, cooperate with God, the Infinite and Holy One? Yes, he can, precisely because God Himself has become man, become body, and here (in the liturgy), again and again, he comes through his body to us who live in the body. ✨ Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) (2016). Joseph Ratzinger Collected Works: Theology of the Liturgy, p.112, Ignatius Press
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