--- title: "7 Guides Quotes By Pope Benedict XVI" description: "7 Guides quotes by Pope Benedict XVI. Plus more from Pope Benedict XVI and more Guides sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/pope-benedict-xvi-414_before_it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-t_77298.jpg" --- > [It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-the-judge-who-guides-us-who/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/pope-benedict-xvi-414_before_it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-t_77298.jpg) > [We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/we-are-building-a-dictatorship-of-relativism-that-does-not-recognize/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/pope-benedict-xvi-414_adults_we-are-building-a-dictatorship-of-relati_617686.jpg) > [We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/we-are-moving-toward-a-dictatorship-of-relativism-which-does-not/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/pope-benedict-xvi-414_adults_we-are-moving-toward-a-dictatorship-of-r_1056012.jpg) > [Let us put our hands today again at (God's) disposition and pray that he takes our hands to guide us. Let his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/let-us-put-our-hands-today-again-at-god-s-disposition-and-pray-that/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_let-us-put-our-hands-today-again-at-god_1699920.jpg) > [The celebration of Lent, in the context of the Year of Faith, offers us a valuable opportunity to meditate on the relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-celebration-of-lent-in-the-context-of-the-year-of-faith-offers-us/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/pope-benedict-xvi-414_and-love_the-celebration-of-lent-in-the-context-o_1768448.jpg) > [The Catholic community must offer support to those women who may find it difficult to accept a child, above all when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-catholic-community-must-offer-support-to-those-women-who-may-find/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/pope-benedict-xvi-414_abortion_the-catholic-community-must-offer-suppor_3145069.jpg) > [The Earth is indeed a precious gift of the Creator who, in designing its intrinsic order, has given us bearings that guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-earth-is-indeed-a-precious-gift-of-the-creator-who-in-designing/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/pope-benedict-xvi-414_church_the-earth-is-indeed-a-precious-gift-of-t_3203416.jpg) ## Other authors on Guides ## More by Pope Benedict XVI > [The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-fact-that-the-lord-can-work-and-act-even-with-insufficient-means/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [The essence of Christianity...is an ever-new encounter with... the God who speaks to us, who approaches us and who befriends us!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-essence-of-christianity-is-an-ever-new-encounter-with-the-god-who/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-you-abide-in-the-love-of-christ-rooted-in-the-faith-you-will/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Continue to witness to the Gospel every day and commit yourselves generously in the next missionary initiatives in the Diocese of Rome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/continue-to-witness-to-the-gospel-every-day-and-commit-yourselves/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Jesus’ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/jesus-example-of-fidelity-to-prayer-challenges-us-to-examine-the-time/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/if-we-look-to-the-saints-this-great-luminous-wake-with-which-god-has/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [“Joseph Ratzinger never developed his own theological system. As a theologian he took on what was there, discerned its essentials, situated it in relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/joseph-ratzinger-never-developed-his-own-theological-system-as-a/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality “of closed eyes”, but one of “alertness”, one which entails an absolute duty to take notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/jesus-christ-does-not-teach-us-a-spirituality-of-closed-eyes-but-one/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Joy is the true gift of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/joy-is-the-true-gift-of-christmas/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Material possessions, in themselves, are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing and shelter. We must eat in order to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/material-possessions-in-themselves-are-good-we-would-not-survive-for/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [One of the promising indications of a renewal in the Church's missionary consciousness in recent decades, has been the growing desire of many lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/one-of-the-promising-indications-of-a-renewal-in-the-church-s/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/god-loves-us-despite-our-shortcomings-and-sins-and-his-love-gives/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-the-judge-who-guides-us-who/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Discovering the beauty and joy of faith is a path that every new generation must take on its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/discovering-the-beauty-and-joy-of-faith-is-a-path-that-every-new/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) > [Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/apostolic-and-missionary-fruitfulness-is-not-principally-due-to/) [Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guides/pope-benedict-xvi/#itemlist", "name": "7 Guides Quotes By Pope Benedict XVI", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this sense the church must unmask evil, rendering present the goodness of God, rendering present his truth, the truly infinite for which we are thirsty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Benedict XVI" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-the-judge-who-guides-us-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/pope-benedict-xvi-414_before_it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-t_77298.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/pope-benedict-xvi-414_before_it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-t_77298.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/pope-benedict-xvi-414_before_it-s-a-great-responsibility-before-god-t_77298.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a great responsibility before God, the judge who guides us, who draws us to truth and good, and in this…” — Pope Benedict XVI", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires. 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