And only where God is seen does life truly begin.

Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we know what life is.

We are not some causal and meaningless product of evolution.

Each us is the result of a thought of God.

each of us willed,

each of us is loved,

each of us is necessary.

There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the Gospel,

by the encounter with Christ.

There is nothing more beautiful

than to know Him.

And to speak to others of our friendship with Him.

By His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI