Beautiful words from Pope Benedict about God

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"Naturally, we thank the good God who has given us this earth and this Sunday flooded with sun."

The Sunday Mass readings, he said, "remind us that the greatest things in our life are things that cannot be acquired or purchased because the most important and elementary things in our life can only be given to us: the sun and its light, the air we breathe, water, the beauty of the earth, love, friendship and life itself."

The day's Gospel reading about Jesus multiplying the loaves and fishes is a reminder that "if we have received such great things from God, we must give in turn," the pope said.

"We must transmit to others the gifts of goodness, love and friendship, but at the same time we also must give material gifts to those who need us and who we can help," he said.

After reciting the Angelus, the pope visited the cathedral and spent time blessing children, the sick and the elderly gathered in the cathedral and in its courtyard.