Holy Women Quotes

“Let us always invoke the Holy Spirit, so that he may inspire in the Church holy and courageous women, like St. Hildegard of Bingen, who, developing the gifts they have received from God, make their own special and valuable contributions to the spiritual development of our communities and of the Church in our time.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices.”
― Pope Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“If we present to God, to his immense love, the purest and deepest desires of our heart, we shall never be disappointed.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“Many saints have had the gift of tears, renewing the emotion of Jesus himself who did not hold back or hide his tears at the tomb of his friend Lazarus and at the grief of Mary and Martha or at the sight of Jerusalem during his last days on this earth.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“Today too the Church receives great benefit from the exercise of spiritual motherhood by so many women, lay and consecrated, who nourish souls with thoughts of God, who strengthen the people’s faith and direct Christian life towards ever loftier peaks.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“Yet, even in the most difficult times, the Lord does not cease to bless his people, bringing forth saints who give a jolt to minds and hearts, provoking conversion and renewal.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“The greater the progress the soul makes on the way of Christian perfection, the more convinced it is... of being “unworthy”...”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“The entire creation is a symphony of the Holy Spirit who is in himself joy and jubilation.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“Friendship is one of the noblest and loftiest human sentiments which divine Grace purifies and transfigures.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“God has thousands of ways of his own for each one, to make himself present in the soul, to show that he exists and knows and loves us.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“The one true Teacher, Jesus, dwells in the heart of every believer and wants to take total possession of it.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women

“Let us pray the Lord that he make us attentive to the signs of his presence and that he teach us truly to live.”
― Benedict XVI, Holy Women