Pope Benedict XVI Quotes about Greatness

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The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.

The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.

Pope Benedict XVI

Faith, Inspiration, Greatness

Mary's greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.

Pope Benedict XVI

Greatness, Want, Facts

Pope Benedict XVI (2008). “Mary”, USCCB

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

Pope Benedict XVI

Greatness, Comfort, Way

Pope Benedict XVI's Address To The German Pilgrims Who Had Come To Rome For The Inauguration Ceremony Of The Pontificate, w2.vatican.va. April 25, 2005.

When, in adoration, we look at the consecrated Host, the sign of creation speaks to us. And so, we encounter the greatness of his gift; but we also encounter the Passion, the Cross of Jesus and his Resurrection. Through this gaze of adoration, he draws us toward himself, within his mystery, through which he wants to transform us as he transformed the Host.

Pope Benedict XVI

Jesus, Passion, Greatness

Pope Benedict XVI (2010). “Heart of the Christian Life: Thoughts on the Holy Mass”, p.54, Ignatius Press