Selected quotes of Pope Benedict XVI offered daily for prayer and reflection….

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Gratitude
 


Faith entails the opening of the person to the Lord's grace; it means recognizing that everything is a gift, everything is grace. What a treasure is hidden in two small words: "thank you"!

 
Angelus Address
St. Peter's Square
14 October 2007

 
 
 
Gratitude
 


Before Christ, we must spread out our lives, ourselves, in an attitude of gratitude and adoration.

 
Homily
Palm Sunday
St. Peter's Square
1 April 2012

 
 
 
Gratitude
 


“The Lord has done great things for us, and we rejoiced” (Psalm 126:3). A similar spirit of joy and thanksgiving should mark our own prayer as we recall the care which God has shown to us in the events of our lives, even those which seem dark and bitter.

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
12 October 2011

 
 
 
Gratitude
 


We must be more attentive to the good things that the Lord gives us. We always pay attention to the problems, difficulties, and almost do not want to see that there are good things that come from the Lord. This kind of attention becomes gratitude, which is very important for us. Gratitude creates a memory of the good, that also helps us in the dark times.

 
General Audience
St. Peter's Square
12 October 2011

 
 
 
Gratitude
 


We should look at how often, in the events of our lives, the Lord has protected us, guided and helped us -- and we should praise Him for what He has done for us.

 
General Audience
On Psalm 126
12 October 2011

 
 
 
Gratitude
 


Despite the fact that we have nothing to give in return and we are full of faults, Jesus invites us to his table and wants to be with us…We must experience gratitude before such a generous God.

 
Homily
Castel Gandolfo
29 August 2010

 
 
 
Gratitude
 


Those who like the healed Samaritan (Lk. 17:19) know how to say ‘Thank you’, show that they do not consider everything their due but as a gift that comes ultimately from God, even when it arrives through men and women, or through nature.

 
Angelus Address
St. Peter's Square
14 October 2007