Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

It is sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be all in all.

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

I'm not Catholic. I don't believe in God. But at the same time, I'm obsessed by the sacred, by spirituality. The question of redemption has been present well before Christianity, but as French people are a bit stupid, they see all that in religious terms.

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!

Nature, reason, and Christianity recognize no other. Pride may say Nay; but Pride was always a liar, and a great hater of the truth.

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self. God loves us, not because of what we do or accomplish, but because God has created and redeemed us in love.

Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.

Missionaries are very human folks, just doing what they are asked. Simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody.

I, for one, believe that partisanship should have nothing to do with the actions of Christ. You're either Christlike, or you're not.

My problem is I am Christian, so I think other people must have success, too; it's not about me.

I went to church. I found the light.

May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.

Light is but the shadow of God.

Let us never forget that authentic power is service, which has its radiant culmination on the Cross.

Dear young people, let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

The cynics, they can only speak of the dark, of the obvious, and this is not hard. For all it’s supposed sophistication, it’s cynicism that’s simplistic. In a fallen world, how profound is to see the cracks? The sages and prophets, the disciples and revolutionaries, they are the ones up on the ramparts, up on the wall pointing to the dawn of the new Kingdom coming, pointing to the light that breaks through all things broken, pointing to redemption always rising and to the Blazing God who never sleeps.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Let the name of Whitefield perish, but Christ be glorified

May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.

Without my Savior, I am nothing.

Pray that I may be very little in my own eyes, and not rob my dear Master of any part of his glory.