Quotes about Christ

The imitation of Christ is the joyful participation in the sorrows of the world.

We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.

No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.

The man or woman who is wholly or joyously surrendered to Christ can't make a wrong choice--any choice will be the right one.

As base a thing as money often is, yet it can be transmuted into everlasting treasure. It can be converted into food for the hungry and clothing for the poor. Any temporal possession can be turned into everlasting wealth. Whatever is given to Christ is immediately touched with immortality.

The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!

It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.

That Christ's Baptism was not a mere form, but the fulfilling of all righteousness, proves that He descended into the water burdened with our sins.

The Lord, Jesus Christ, is our perfect example of patience.

The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.

Walk in Christ's light daily through fidelity to personal and liturgical prayer, nourished by meditation on the inspired word of God.. Make the daily celebration of the Eucharist the center of your life.

We do not seek a Christ whom we have invented, for only in the real communion of the Church do we encounter the real Christ.