Entry 0227: Benedict XVI on Universality
“The history of salvation begins
with the choice of a man, Abraham, and a people, Israel , but its scope is universal,
the salvation of all peoples. The history of salvation has always been marked
by this interweaving of particularity and universality” (Pope Benedict XVI, Reflection before the Recitation of Regina
Caeli, 17 May 2009).
“Universality is always a
transcending of ourselves, a renunciation of something that is ours” (Pope Benedict XVI, Homily
during the Celebration of Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord, 5 April
2009).