From the Pope's book

These were sent by Brian from Costa Rica! The beautiful photo as well.

Benedict XVI on Self-Knowledge

It is only in God and in light of God that we rightly know man. Any “self-knowledge” that restricts man to the empirical and the tangible fails to engage man’s true depth. Man knows himself only when he learns to understand himself in the light of God, and he knows others only when he sees the mystery of God in them...The shepherd in Jesus’ service must always lead beyond himself in order to enable others to find their full freedom; and therefore he must always go beyond himself into unity with Jesus and with the Blessed Trinity.

Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth (New York: Doubleday, 2007), pp. 282-283

Benedict XVI on the Trinity

Jesus’ own “I” is always a “being with” the Father; he is never alone, but is forever receiving himself from and giving himself back to the Father. “My teaching is not mine”; his “I” is opened up into the Trinity. Those who come to know him “see” the Father; they enter into his communion with the Father. It is precisely this transcendent dialogue, which every encounter with Jesus involves, that once more reveals to us the true Shepherd, who does not take possession of us [like an object], but rather leads us to the freedom of our being by leading us into communion with God and by giving his own life.

Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth (New York: Doubleday, 2007), p. 283