Knowing is not simply a material act, since the object that is known always conceals something beyond the empirical datum. All our knowledge, even the most simple, is always a minor miracle, since it can never be fully explained by the material instruments that we apply to it. In every truth there is something more than we would have expected, in the love that we receive there is always an element that surprises us. Pope Benedict XVI
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It is easy to believe in the material world. It is much harder to believe in an object that cannot be seen or touched. However, what we call "material" is just a part of reality. Looking at everything through this filter makes it impossible to see the world for what it really is.

Part of reality is invisible, but it’s not less real. Every act of love is a miracle, because it’s not something that can be fully accounted for by logic or reason.

Source: Charity In Truth: Caritas In Veritate

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