Meaning that is self-made is in the last analysis no meaning. Meaning,…

Pope Benedict XVI
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Meaning that is self-made is in the last analysis no meaning. Meaning, that is, the ground on which our existence as a totality can stand and live, cannot be made but only received. ✨ Pope Benedict XVI (2004). Introduction to Christianity, p.73, Ignatius Press
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Meaning that is self-made is in the last analysis no meaning. Meaning, that is, the ground on which our existence as a totality can stand and live, cannot be made but only received. ✨ Pope Benedict XVI (2004). Introduction to Christianity, p.73, Ignatius Press

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