Being True Witnesses

“How can we meet the Lord, each time becoming more and more his true witnesses?” the Holy Father asked, explaining that St. Maximus of Turin affirmed, “whosoever wishes to reach the Savior must first put themselves, in their very faith, at the right hand of the divinity, and place themselves in heaven with the belief of their hearts”. This is constantly learning to direct the mind’s and the heart’s gaze toward the heights of God where the risen Christ is. In prayer and in adoration God encounters the human being … Only if we know how to direct ourselves toward Him and pray to Him can we discover the deepest meaning of our lives and our daily path will be illuminated with the light of the Risen One”.
–Pope Benedict XVI, Regina Coeli, Easter 2011