God seeks us where we are, not so that we stay there, but so that we m…

Pope Benedict XVI
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God seeks us where we are, not so that we stay there, but so that we may come to be where He is, so that we may get beyond ourselves. ✨ Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) (2016). Joseph Ratzinger Collected Works: Theology of the Liturgy, p.86, Ignatius Press
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God seeks us where we are, not so that we stay there, but so that we may come to be where He is, so that we may get beyond ourselves. ✨ Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) (2016). Joseph Ratzinger Collected Works: Theology of the Liturgy, p.86, Ignatius Press

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