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When I was younger I was rather severe. I said: the sacraments are sacraments of faith, and where... more When I was younger I was rather severe. I said: the sacraments are sacraments of faith, and where faith does not exist, where the practice of faith does not exist, the sacrament cannot be conferred either…Then I too, with time, came to realise that we must follow, rather, the example of the Lord, who was very open even with people on the margins of Israel at that time. He was a Lord of mercy, open with sinners, welcoming them and letting them invite him to their dinners, drawing them into his communion.'-Benedict XVI to the priests of Brixen in South Tyrol.
When I was younger I was rather severe. I said: the sacraments are sacraments of faith, and where... more When I was younger I was rather severe. I said: the sacraments are sacraments of faith, and where faith does not exist, where the practice of faith does not exist, the sacrament cannot be conferred either…Then I too, with time, came to realise that we must follow, rather, the example of the Lord, who was very open even with people on the margins of Israel at that time. He was a Lord of mercy, open with sinners, welcoming them and letting them invite him to their dinners, drawing them into his communion.'-Benedict XVI to the priests of Brixen in South Tyrol.