50+ Christmas Religious Inspirational Quotes to Warm Your Heart This Season

"Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria, in excelsis Deo!"

- James Chadwick

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given..."

- Isaiah 9:6-7

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

- John 1:14

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."

- John 3:16

"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people."

- Luke 2:10

"From now on all generations will call me blessed."

- Mary's Song

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

- Luke 2:14

"But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons."

- Galatians 4:4–5

"Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is."

- Irenaeus

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

- John 1:14

"And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom He is pleased!”"

- Luke 2:9–14

"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel."

- Isaiah 7:14

"God rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of his beloved Son. Through him we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creatures."

- Colossians 1:13-15

"And in despair I bowed my head There is no peace on earth, I said, For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men. Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail With peace on earth, good will to men."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!"

- Charles Wesley

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

- Pope Francis

"No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessing flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as the curse is found."

- Isaac Watts

"O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death’s dark shadows put to flight! Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel."

- Henry Sloane Coffin

"Yet with the woes of sin and strife, The world hath suffered long; Beneath the angel-strain have rolled, Two thousand years of wrong; And man, at war with man, hears not, The love song which they bring: O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing."

- Edmund Sears

"The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that he might offer up his life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas."

- Billy Graham

"It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you."

- Mother Teresa

"Let us celebrate this day not because of the visible sun, but because of him who made this day."

- Augustine

"Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child."

- Amy Grant

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."

- Calvin Coolidge

"Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year."

- Joel Osteen

"The Word is born this very night: Hail, Mary, full of grace! A hanging lantern sheds its light On Joseph's anxious face. The Word must come in human form, In God's redemptive plan. A Babe takes every heart by storm, But who will heed the Man? The Word is born this very night, And humble is the place; The world is dark, but hope is bright, And sinners look for grace. The Word has come to end the war Which Adam first began. O bless the Babe who sleeps on straw. And listen to the Man!"

- Fred Pratt Green

"God grant you the light of Christmas, which is faith; the warmth of Christmas, which is purity; the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice; the belief in Christmas, which is truth; the all of Christmas, which is Christ."

- Wilda English

"Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests."

- Luke 2:14

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near."

- Philippians 4:4-5

"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins."

- Matthew 1:21

"But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is the Messiah, the Lord.’"

- Luke 2:10-11

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

- Isaiah 9:6

"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel."

- Isaiah 7:14

"The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

- John 1:14

"Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life."

- Corrie ten Boom

"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice."

- Pope Paul VI

"As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

"Christmas is about giving from the heart more than giving from the store."

- Toni Sorenson

"It was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!"

- Charles Dickens

"Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most."

- Ruth Carter Stapleton

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding more time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values."

- Thomas S. Monson

"And when the Lord Jesus has become your peace, remember, there is another thing: good will towards men. Do not try to keep Christmas without good will towards men."

- Charles Spurgeon

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."

- W.T. Ellis

"Today the darkness begins to grow shorter and the light to lengthen, as the hours of night become fewer.... Realize that the true light is now here and, through the rays of the gospel, is illumining the whole earth."

- Gregory of Nyssa

"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."

- Alexander Smith

"Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise."

- Karl Rahner

"As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is."

- Eric Sevareid

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

- Charles Dickens

"Christ is the Morning Star, who, when the night of this world is past, gives to his saints the promise of the light of life, and opens everlasting day."

- Venerable Bede

"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas."

- Dale Evans

"The great challenge left to us is to cut through all the glitz and glam of the season that has grown increasingly secular and commercial, and be reminded of the beauty of the One who is Christmas."

- Bill Crowder

"Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world."

- C.S. Lewis

"Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace."

- Pope Francis

"Peace with God, peace with others, and peace in your own heart."

- Rick Warren

"Christmas and the incarnation mean that God went to infinite lengths to make himself one whom we can know personally."

- Tim Keller

"Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise. Every year we roll up all our needs and yearnings and faithful expectation into one word: “Come!” And yet, what a strange prayer this is! After all, you have already come and pitched your tent among us. You have already shared our life with its little joys, its long days of tedious routine, its bitter end. Could we invite you to anything more than this with our “Come”? Could you approach any nearer to us than you did when you became the “Son of Man”? In spite of all this we still pray: “Come.”"

- Karl Rahner

"For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only the beginning―not home but the place through which we must pass if ever we are to reach home at last."

- Frederick Buechner

"Jesus Christ became Incarnate for one purpose, to make a way back to God that man might stand before Him as He was created to do, the friend and lover of God Himself."

- Oswald Chambers

"Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: A cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love."

- Lucinda Franks

"Matthew loved the magi. He gave their story more square inches of text than he gave the narrative of the birth of Jesus. He never mentions the shepherds or the manger, but he didn’t want us to miss the star and the seekers. It’s easy to see why. Their story is our story."

- Max Lucado

"Politicians compete for the highest offices. Business tycoons scramble for a bigger and bigger piece of the pie. Armies march and scientists study and philosophers philosophise and preachers preach and labourers sweat. But in that silent baby, lying in that humble manger, there pulses more potential power and wisdom and grace and aliveness than all the rest of us can imagine."

- Brian D. McLaren

"Into this world, this demented inn in which there is absolutely no room for Him at all, Christ comes uninvited."

- Thomas Merton

"The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation."

- J.I. Packer

"The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable."

- Ralph W. Sockman

"It is impossible to conceive how different things would have turned out if that birth had not happened whenever, wherever, however it did….for millions of people who have lived since, the birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it. It is a truth that, for twenty centuries, there have been untold numbers of men and women who, in untold numbers of ways, have been so grasped by the child who was born, so caught up in the message He taught and the life He lived, that they have found themselves profoundly changed by their relationship with Him."

- Frederick Buechner

"The birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it."

- Frederick Buechner

"The spirit of Christmas needs to superseded by the Spirit of Christ. The spirit of Christmas is annual; the Spirit of Christ is eternal. The spirit of Christmas is sentimental; the Spirit of Christ is supernatural. The spirit of Christmas is a human product; the Spirit of Christmas is a divine person. That makes all the difference in the world."

- Stuart Briscoe

"How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep holidays than commandments."

- Benjamin Franklin

"The very purpose of Christ’s coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas."

- Billy Graham

"Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality."

- Billy Graham

"All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ."

- David Jeremiah

"If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: “God with us.” We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday is His deity. More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that this promised baby is the omnipotent Creator of the heavens and the earth!"

- John MacArthur

"Christmas celebrates the awesome and amazing fact that God is grander, wiser and more mysterious than we could have ever imagined."

- Dan Schaeffer

"Christ was born in the first century, yet He belongs to all centuries. He was born a Jew, yet He belongs to all races. He was born in Bethlehem, yet He belongs to all countries."

- George W. Truett

"The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time."

- Pope Benedict XVI

"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

"God sent a star to light the night for The Way, The Truth, The Life—His Son. He sent the Light of Life to prove His heart so we would invite His Son into our own. God has given us all the light we’ll ever need to find peace on earth, goodwill to men."

- Pamela F. Dowd

"Blessed is The season which Engages the whole World in a Conspiracy of love."

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

"Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you."

- Steve Maraboli

"There is no better time than now, this very Christmas season, for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles taught by Jesus the Christ. It is the time to love the Lord, our God, with all our heart—and our neighbors as ourselves."

- Thomas S. Monson

"Nor is it the spirit of those Christians—alas, they are many—whose ambition in life seems limited to building a nice middle-class Christian home, and making nice middle-class Christian friends, and bringing up their children in nice middle-class Christian ways, and who leave the sub-middle-class sections of the community, Christian and non-Christian, to get on by themselves. The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor—spending and being spent—to enrich their fellow men, giving time, trouble, care, and concern to do good to others—and not just their own friends—in whatever way there seems need."

- J.I. Packer

"Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog."

- Philip Yancey

"Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son."

- Corrie ten Boom

"Life in a prison cell may well be compared to Advent; one waits, hopes, and does this, that, or the other—things that are of no real consequence—the door is shut, and can be opened only from the outside."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"In our secret yearnings we wait for your coming, and in our grinding despair we doubt that you will. And in this privileged place we are surrounded by witnesses who yearn more than do we and by those who despair more deeply than do we. Look upon your church and its pastors in this season of hope which runs so quickly to fatigue and and in this season of yearning which becomes so easily quarrelsome. Give us the grace and the impatience to wait for your coming to the bottom of our toes, to the edges of our fingertips. We do not want our several worlds to end. Come in your power and come in your weakness in any case and make all things new. Amen."

- Walter Brueggemann

"At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern."

- Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

- Pope Francis

"At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern."

- Mother Teresa

"Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God."

- George F. McDougall

"So God throws open the door of this world — and enters as a baby. As the most vulnerable imaginable. Because He wants unimaginable intimacy with you. What religion ever had a god that wanted such intimacy with us that He came with such vulnerability to us? What God ever came so tender we could touch Him? So fragile that we could break Him? So vulnerable that His bare, beating heart could be hurt? Only the One who loves you to death."

- Ann Voskamp

"In a dream I heard a voice saying 'fear not, come rejoice. It's the end of the beginning, praise the newborn King.'"

- Robbie Robertson

"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

- Washington Irving

"The gifts of God are multiplied, and we in our time experience all that the first believers did. For though the gospel account tells us only of the days when three men, untaught by prophetic preaching or the testimonies of the Law, came from the distant East in order to know God, yet we see the same thing happening now even more clearly and on a far larger scale in the enlightenment of all who are called."

- Leo the Great

"It is now, at Advent, that I am given the chance to suspend all expectation...and instead to revel in the mystery."

- Jerusalem Jackson Greer

"Wide, wide in the rose's side Sleeps a child without sin, And any man who loves in this world Stands here on guard over him."

- Kenneth Patchen

"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

"For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself."

- Charles Dickens

"Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination."

- Max Lucado

"To prepare our hearts for Christmas, we must cultivate the spirit of expectancy."

- Handel H. Brown

"The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart."

- Helen Keller

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed."

- Ann Garnett Schultz

"You keep us waiting. You, the God of all time, Want us to wait. For the right time in which to discover Who we are, where we are to go, Who will be be with us, and what we must do. So thank you ... for the waiting time."

- Iona Community

"When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

"If He gives us the gift of Christmas it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

- Pope Francis

"Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas."

- Pope John Paul XXIII

"There has been only one Christmas—the rest are anniversaries."

- W.J. Cameron

"Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever."

- Joel Osteen

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving."

- Pope Francis

"When compassion for the common man was born on Christmas Day, with it was born new hope among the multitudes."

- Frank Laubach

"Our God is the God of the unexpected. A few things could be more unexpected than the King of heaven being born in a stable."

- Bill Crowder

"Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings."

- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

"Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round."

- Jessica Archmint

"Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"

- Charlie Brown

"The thing I love most about Advent is the heartbreak. The utter and complete heartbreak."

- Jerusalem Jackson Greer

"Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind."

- Miracle On 34th Street (1947)

"Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart… filled it, too, with melody that would last forever."

- Bess Streeter Aldrich, Song of Years

"To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year."

- E.B. White, The Second Tree from the Corner

"Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance – each beautiful, unique and too soon gone."

- Deborah Whipp

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."

- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear."

- Buddy the Elf

"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!"

"As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, may His love bring you comfort and peace."

"Let us celebrate the birth of Jesus with joy and thanksgiving. Wishing you a blessed Christmas."

"Wishing you joy as we remember the miracle of Christ’s birth this season."

"May the glory of our Savior’s birth fill your heart with peace and love this Christmas."

"Let the peace of Christ’s love be with you this Christmas and always."

"May your Christmas be filled with the joy of Christ and His everlasting love."

"May the light of Christ shine brightly in your heart and home this Christmas."

"Rejoice in the Lord this Christmas as we celebrate His glorious birth."

"The giving of gifts is not something man invented. God started the giving spree when He gave a gift beyond words, the unspeakable gift of His Son."

"Christ’s love is the heart of Christmas—wishing you His peace and joy."

"May your Christmas be filled with the peace of Christ’s love."

"Rejoice! Our Savior is born. Merry Christmas!"

"Wishing you a Christmas blessed with God’s love and grace."

"May the light of Christ guide you through the season and into the New Year."

"May the joy of Christ’s birth fill your heart this Christmas."

"Merry Christmas! God’s blessings to you and your family."

"Wishing you a holiday season full of Christ’s love."

"May His love shine in your home this Christmas and always."

"Glory to the newborn King! Wishing you peace and happiness this Christmas."

"The Lord has come! Let His love fill your home with peace and happiness."

"May your heart rejoice in the blessings of Christ this Christmas and throughout the year."

"May the peace of Christ fill your heart as we celebrate His birth this holy season."

"As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, I am grateful for the blessing of family. Wishing you His peace and joy this Christmas."

"May God’s love surround you this Christmas. Grateful for the blessing of your friendship."

"Wishing you a Christmas filled with the peace and love of Christ. May His grace be with you throughout the year."

"May the miracle of Christ’s birth bring you joy and fill your home with blessings."

"Thankful for your friendship and the love we share in Christ. May God bless you this Christmas and always."

"This Christmas, may you be filled with the wonder of Christ’s love and the joy of His blessings."

"Wishing you and your family a Christmas filled with Christ’s love and peace."

"Merry Christmas! Thankful for the blessing of family and the gift of Christ’s love."

"Praying that God’s blessings fill your home this Christmas and throughout the New Year."

"As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, I wish you peace, love, and joy in the Lord."

"Jesus is born! Celebrate His love and joy this Christmas."

"God’s love is all around us this Christmas! Wishing you joy and happiness."

"Merry Christmas! Jesus loves you and came to bring peace to the world."

"The angels are singing because Jesus is born! May His love bring you joy."

"Jesus is the best gift of all! Have a blessed Christmas, little one."

"May your heart be filled with the love of Jesus this Christmas."

"Jesus loves you so much! Wishing you a Christmas filled with His joy."

"God sent His Son to show us His love. Merry Christmas!"

"Remember, Jesus was born to bring joy to the world! Have a blessed Christmas."

"The best gift this Christmas is God’s love. Wishing you lots of joy and blessings."

"May the blessings of the Holy Family be with you this Christmas and always."

"Wishing you a Christmas filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit and the love of Christ."

"As we honor the birth of Jesus, may your heart be filled with peace and joy."

"Blessed Christmas! May the Virgin Mary’s love and Christ’s light guide you throughout the season."

"May the joy of Christmas Mass fill your heart with God’s blessings and peace."

"In the spirit of Christmas, may the love of Christ and the grace of the Lord be with you and your family."

"Rejoice in the miracle of Christ’s birth and the love of our Blessed Mother."

"May God bless you with a joyful Christmas and a peaceful New Year."

"Let us honor the birth of our Lord with love, hope, and faith. Merry Christmas!"