In the end, even the “yes” to love is a source of suffering, because love always requires expropriations of my “I”, in which I allow myself to be pru… - Benedict XVI

And so worship is bound up with all three dimensions of the circular movement: the personal, the social, and the universal.

"Remaining" is an essential part… What the Church Fathers call perseverantia–patient steadfastness in communion with the Lord amid all the vicissitudes of life–is placed center stage here. Initial enthusiasm is easy. Afterward, though, it is time to stand firm, even along the monotonous desert paths that we are called upon to traverse in this life–with the patience it takes to tread evenly, a patience in which the romanticism of the initial awakening subsides, so that only the deep, pure Yes of faith remains. This is the way to produce good wine.

No se habla de un «reino» futuro o todavía por instaurar, sino de la soberanía de Dios sobre el mundo, que de un modo nuevo se hace realidad en la historia. Podemos decirlo de un modo más explícito: hablando del Reino de Dios, Jesús anuncia simplemente a Dios, es decir, al Dios vivo, que es capaz de actuar en el mundo y en la historia de un modo concreto, y precisamente ahora lo está haciendo. Nos dice: Dios existe. Y además: Dios es realmente Dios, es decir, tiene en sus manos los hilos del mundo.