Pope Benedict XVI Quotes about Silence

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Do you want to know yourself better? Then discover silence.

Do you want to know yourself better? Then discover silence.

Pope Benedict XVI

Silence, Want, Know Yourself

Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.

Pope Benedict XVI

Silence, Adore, Eucharist

Pope Benedict XVI (2008). “Pope Benedict in America: The Full Texts of Papal Talks Given During His Apostolic Visit to the United States”, p.84, Ignatius Press

Guilt must not be allowed to fester in the silence of the soul, poisoning it from within. It needs to be confessed. Through confession we bring it into the light, we place it within Christ's purifying love. In confession, the Lord washes our soiled feet over and over again and prepares us for table fellowship with him.

Pope Benedict XVI

Light, Feet, Silence

God is our Father and loves us, even when his silence remains incomprehensible.

Pope Benedict XVI

Father, Silence, And Love

Silence 'is so lacking in this world which is often too noisy, which is not favorable to recollection and listening to the voice of God. In this time of preparation for Christmas, let us cultivate interior recollection so as to receive and keep Jesus in our lives.'

Pope Benedict XVI

Jesus, Voice, Silence

In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth; we understand with greater clarity what it is we want to say and what we expect from others; and we choose how to express ourselves.

Pope Benedict XVI

Ideas, Silence, Depth

Advent, this powerful liturgical season that we are beginning, invites us to pause in silence to understand a presence. It is an invitation to understand that the individual events of the day are hints that God is giving us, signs of the attention he has for each one of us.

Pope Benedict XVI

Powerful, Giving, Silence

Pope Benedict XVI (2012). “Holy Days: Meditations on the Feasts, Fasts, and Other Solemnities of the Church”, p.6, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing