"Each of us is willed...loved...necessary."

I was recently given a prayer card with a quote from Pope Benedict XVI and thought I would post it. The quote speaks for itself and does not need any further explanation:


"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 casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is 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."