
Awesome thoughts of Pope Benedict when he became Pope, at an advanced age.
“Dear brothers and sisters after the great Pope, John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble worker in the Lord’s vineyard. The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers. In the joy of the resurrected Lord, we go on with his help. He is going to help us and Mary will be on our side. Thank you.” ~ Pope Benedict XVI.
“As the trend in the ballots slowly made me realize that — in a manner of speaking the guillotine would fall on me.” ~ Pope Benedict XVI about being elected Pope, in April 2005.
— “I started to feel quite dizzy. I thought that I had done my life’s work and could now hope to live out my days in peace. I told the Lord with deep conviction, ‘Don’t do this to me. You have younger and better (candidates) who could take up this great task with a totally different energy and with different strength.’ Evidently, this time he didn’t listen to me.” ~ Pope Benedict XVI’s comments on his election during his first audience with German pilgrims, original comments given in German.
“The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good.” ~ Pope Benedict XVI’s first audience with German pilgrims
“Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.” ~ Pope Benedict XVI’s Inauguration homily, April 24, 2005
“Unlimited trust should only be placed in the real Word of the Revelation that we encounter in the faith transmitted by the Church.”
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