Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.

I know that God is good, and he saved me from hell and damnation.

Most people have settled for a wimpy grace. It's something that doesn't change their lives. There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.

Think not of the sinner or the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Savior!

I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength

The cross is Gods way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.

Sin is a thing of time, but mercy is from everlasting. Transgression is but of yesterday, but mercy was ever of old. Before you and I sought the Lord, the Lord sought us.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

God will make right all that is wrong, He will take away the lingering effect of sin and what's not right in our lives. He knows how painful life in this world can be.

I have been a man of great sins, but He has been a God of great mercies; and now, through His mercies, I have a conscience as sound and quiet as if I had never sinned.

Catholicism actually resembles a family that survives because even as it aspires to holiness, it understands and can live with sin and imperfection.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

I remember walking down the aisle, and I got down on my knees as a person who is so selfish, but when I rose back up the Lord had become the Master of my life.

It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.

The work of healing is not my work, but by faith, healing is done. The work of deliverance, great and mighty deliverance, is not my work but is my faith in Him. It is not the works of righteousness which I have done, but according to His grace. I am a product of His grace.

For me, it is one of the 'signs of the times' that the idea of God's mercy is becoming increasingly central and dominant.

I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma.

I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.

Let your tears fall because of sin; but, at the same time, let the eye of faith steadily behold the Son of man lifted up, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, that those who are bitten by the old serpent may look unto Jesus and live. Our sinnership is that emptiness into which the Lord pours his mercy.

Let us never forget this, he is pure mercy, let us go to Jesus!