Deus caritas est. Lettera Enciclica sull'Amore Cristiano, 25 dicembre 2005

2021. Rereading for Lent. ================== 2017. Rereading as a morning devotional. It's been 5 years. It's time to read it again. ================== This was my third time through Pope Benedict's brilliant first encyclical God Is Love. Our Catholic women's book club read it for our May discussion. Jus Leggi tutto

First time reading Benedict after only experiencing him through the bizarre Catholic internet hype machine, and I have to say they undersold him. Unbelievably good. Took me so long to read 64 pages because I kept stopping to pray with every few paragraphs, and I still definitely sped through it too

Pensaba en un libro denso lleno de teología, es desarrollado por un hombre con un gran intelecto y sabiduría, con referencias no sólo hacia la biblia sino que incluye teología, historia y derecho. Digno de leer y aprender.

my favorite encyclical, at least from Pope Benedict My two favorite quotes: "Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction" (no. 1). "Love of neighbour is thus shown to be possib Leggi tutto

Excellent! This encyclical is divided into two parts: theoretical and actual, i.e. theological and faith-in-action. I liked his thoughts on eros + agape in God's love, but for me, the faith-in-action bit gave me the most takeaways (two big ones): 1. I thought his statement that Justice and Charity are Leggi tutto

Read with Sophie. His writing is so very clear and lucid. A must-read book. It's not hard going and I think it is essential for really understanding that at its heart Christianity is not a set of rules and customs but a relationship, a love affair.

So good. I’m not sure why I waited so long to read it!