Pope Benedict XVI on Providence and Patience - Catholic (Jeremiah 29:11)
"Seventy years of exile—God's plan unfolds across generations. We want immediate deliverance; God works in decades and centuries. Trust in divine providence means accepting that we may not see the fulfillment. The Church thinks in centuries; so does God." — Pope Benedict XVI.
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