Robert Sarah Quotes (1945-)

“At the heart of man there is an innate silence, for God abides in the innermost part of every person.”

“Many expect, as something normal, that God should pour out his mercy on them while they remain in sin...”

“All human life is a struggle against the shackles of evil, against the slavery of sin, in order to regain true freedom.”

“We bishops ought to tremble at the thought of our guilty silences, our complicit silences, our over-indulgent silences in dealing with the world.”

“When he drapes himself in silence, as God himself dwells in a great silence, man is close to heaven, or, rather, he allows God to manifest himself in him.”

“God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith (Ignatius Press; Sew edition (September 1, 2015)) by Cardinal Robert Sarah (Author), Nicolas Diat (Author)”

“Sarah, Robert; Diat, Nicolas (22 September 2019), The Day is Now Far Spent (Paperback ed.) pages: 385, publisher: Ignatius Press, ISBN: 978-1621643241”

“Two millennia ago, the apostles followed Christ. They left everything, and their lives were never again the same. The path taken by the apostles is still a model today.”

“The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise (Ignatius Press; Paperback edition (April 15, 2017)) by Cardinal Robert Sarah (Author), Nicolas Diat (Author)”

“In my life, God has done everything; all I have wanted to do is pray. I am sure that the red of my cardinalate is truly a reflection of the blood of the suffering of the missionaries.”

“Sarah, Robert Cardinal (18 October 2022), Catechism of the Spiritual Life (hardcover ed.) pages: 336, place: Irondale Alabama USA, publisher: EWTN Publishing, Inc., ISBN: 978-1682782934”

“The source of the inner life: adoration of Jesus Christ, God made man, because we know and believe that in Him is the only true God, and therefore we kneel and prostrate ourselves before the Holy Eucharist.”

“On the question of marriage, there is a gulf between some people and the Church. The question, therefore, becomes quite simple: Must the world change its attitude, or must the Church change her fidelity to God?”

“We all must march to the same drum as Christ. The Church is reformed when the baptized march more resolutely toward holiness, allowing themselves to be recreated in the likeness of God by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

“Sin blurs man's face. Now Christ came not only to save mankind but also to repair what sin had broken, to snatch man away from everything that disfigures him, so as to restore to human destiny all its breadth and fulfillment.”

“The Holy Spirit is the One Who, through the imposition of hands and the anointing of the sacred chrism during Confirmation, clothes the Christian with divine strength and makes him become the fragrance of Christ in every place.”

“(On the necessity of priestly celibacy) The conjugal state concerns man in his entirety, and since serving the Lord requires all the resources of a person, it does not seem possible for the two vocations to be realised simultaneously.”

“On that September morning I spent more than an hour with John Paul II. During the meal he asked me my age. I told him that I was thirty-four years old. He then let out a great burst of laughter and exclaimed: "But then you are a baby bishop! Un vescovo Bambino!" There was no arguing with that; I was at that time the youngest bishop in the world...”

“The idea that would enclose the Magisterium in a beautiful casket, detaching it from pastoral practice that might evolve according to circumstances, fashions and passions, is a form of heresy, a dangerous schizophrenic pathology. I therefore solemnly affirm that the Church of Africa will firmly oppose any rebellion against the teaching of Jesus and the Magisterium.”

“(About the gender ideology) As far as my continent is concerned, I want to strongly denounce a desire to impose false values using political and financial arguments. In some African countries, ministries dedicated to gender theory have been created in exchange for financial support! These policies are all the more odious because the majority of African populations are defenceless, at the mercy of fanatical western ideologues.”