"The door to heaven is the heart of Jesus. The key to this door is prayer and love." ~ Saint Andrew Bessette

"Only a poor priest, one who can endure hardship can labor here. His duties call him far and near... he leads a wandering life. There is...

"Our Lord Himself I saw in this venerable Sacrament ... I felt as if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter at the touch of the Divine...

"One saintly priest attracts more souls to Christ... than do those who lack the imprint of their sacred office." ~ Dietrich von...

"In doing our work we can expect to find insults, crosses and failures. That is the way in which we are tried, and through these crosses...

"The time he spends in prayer is the most important time in a priest’s life, in which divine grace acts with greater effectiveness,...

"Pray much for priests because we need holy priests. The holier the priests are the more holy we religious will be. Then too, the more...

"Support your priests with your love and prayers, that they may always be shepherds after Christ's heart." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

"You are priests and religious; you are not social or political leaders or officials of a temporal power. For this reason I repeat to...

"If a priest is determined not to lose his soul, so soon as any disorder arises in the parish he must trample under foot all human...

"Priests have received from God a power that he has given neither to angels nor to archangels... God above confirms what priests do here...

“When you see the Lord immolated and lying upon the altar, and the priest bent over that sacrifice praying, and all the people empurpled...

"There were only two classes of people who heard the cry Christmas night: shepherds and wise men. Shepherds: those who know they know...

"There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high...

"The priest is not a priest for himself - he is for you. After God, the priest is everything." ~ St. John Marie Vianney

"It is necessary to pray for priests because they are so often forgotten by the living, since Christians often consider that priests do...

"The priesthood is the most interesting of adventures and the most necessary for the world." ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

"Marriage is the real vocation crisis in the United States... We have a vocation crisis to life-long, life-giving, loving, faithful...

"Our life of faith most often walks in the night. The more faith has to confront trials, the stronger it becomes. Nights of faith always...

"If the parish priest is a Saint, his people will be holy; If the priest is holy, but not yet a Saint, his people will be good; If he is...