Lord Quotes 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…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I, retired in prayer, will always be with you, and together we will move ahead with the Lord in certainty. The Lord…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“The risen Lord is the new Temple, the real meeting place between God and man.”

— Pope Benedict XVI

I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and how to act, even with insufficient tools.

— Pope Benedict XVI

The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Every human being is loved by God the Father. No one need feel forgotten, for every name is written in the Lord's…

— Pope Benedict XVI

What does Sunday, the day of the Lord, mean for us? It is a day for rest and for family, but first…

— Pope Benedict XVI

If we take the Lord's hand and let ourselves be guided by him, the path we take will be right and good.

— Pope Benedict XVI

[Evangelization] is not something optional, but the very vocation of the People of God, a duty that corresponds to it by the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Non-African missionaries, responding generously to the Lord's call with ardent apostolic zeal, came to share the joy of revelation. Following in their…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion in the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble worker in the Lords vineyard. The fact that the Lord can work and…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The discernment of a vocation is above all the fruit of an intimate dialogue between the Lord and his disciples. Young people,…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Faith does not mean an alienation from any culture for any people because all cultures await Christ and are not destroyed…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Guilt must not be allowed to fester in the silence of the soul, poisoning it from within. It needs to be confessed.…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I thank you, dear Brothers, for preaching the love of Christ and exhorting your people to tolerance, respect and love of their…

— Pope Benedict XVI

We can not communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with each other. If we want to present ourselves to…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Church must never be satisfied with the ranks of those whom she has reached at a certain point or say that…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Sometimes men and women prefer the darkness to the light because they are attached to their sins. Nevertheless it is only by…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Today Christmas has become a commercial celebration, whose bright lights hide the mystery of God’s humility, which in turn calls us to…

— Pope Benedict XVI

We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Christianity is not a new philosophy or new morality. We are Christians only if we encounter Christ... Only in this personal relationship…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the church, have helped me…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The ways of the Lord are not easy, but we were not created for an easy life, but for great things, for…

— Pope Benedict XVI

We celebrate [Easter] because now, thanks to the risen Lord, it is definitively established that reason is stronger than unreason, truth stronger…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble labourer in the vineyard of the Lord. The fact that the Lord knows…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Help each other to live and to grow in the Christian faith so as to be valiant witnesses of the Lord. Be…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“God is the Lord of all things because he is their creator, and only therefore can we pray to him. For this…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Go forth! Carry the good tidings to the poor, bind the wounds of the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom to slaves, open the doors…

— Pope Benedict XVI

At the judgment, in response to our questions, the Lord will show us his wounds, and we will understand. In the meantime,…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The language of art is a 'parabolic' language, with a special openness to the universal: the 'Way of Beauty' is a way…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Anyone who knows he is loved is in turn prompted to love. It is the Lord himself, who loved us first, who…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Prayer itself, born in Catholic families, nurtured by programs of Christian formation, strengthened by the grace of the sacraments, is the first…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Dear brothers and sisters...The Lord is calling me to "climb the mountain", to devote myself even more to prayer and meditation. But…

— Pope Benedict XVI