"Without the priest, the passion and death of our Lord would be of no avail. The priest holds the key to the treasures in heaven... he is the steward of the good Lord; the administrator of his goods... the priest is not a priest for himself, he is a priest for you." ~ St. John Marie Vianney

“The end for which God has instituted the priesthood has been to appoint on earth public persons to watch over the honor of his divine majesty, and to procure the salvation of souls.” ~ St. Alphonsus Liguori

"[The priest] does not preach a Christianity a la carte, according to his own tastes, preaching a Gospel according to his own preferred ideas, according to his own theological ideas. He does not exempt himself from proclaiming the whole will of God, also the uncomfortable will, also topics that personally do not please him so much." ~ Pope Benedict XVI

O Priest! You are not of yourself because you are of God. You are not of yourself because you are the servant and minister of Christ. You are not your own because you are the spouse of the Church. You are not yourself because you are the mediator between God and man. You are not from yourself because you are nothing. What then are you? Nothing and everything. O Priest! Take care, lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you: ‘He saved others, himself he cannot sav

"The sign of a great Doctor of the Church is that he teaches not only through his thought and speech, but also with his life … If this is so, then Newman belongs to the great Doctors of the Church because he both touches our hearts and enlightens our thinking." ~ Pope Benedict XVI

"Hence, in one of the Sunday Secrets we say: 'Whenever the commemoration of this sacrifice is celebrated, the work of our redemption is enacted.'" ~ St. Thomas Aquinas #Saints #Quotes

"The Second Vatican Council recalled: 'Priests act especially in the person of Christ as ministers of holy things, especially in the Sacrifice of the Mass' (PO 13) and that without a priest there can be no Eucharistic sacrifice." ~ Pope St. John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"He [the confessor] knows how much greater than your sins is the Mercy of God, this Mercy which grants you pardon through his ministry. He applies to you the infinite merits of the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ with which he can wash away all stains from your soul." ~ St. John Bosco #Saints #Quotes

"It was the priests of the Church who taught me to pray and to forgive my persecutors… it was through the direction of a Sister of Notre Dame, Sister Herlinde, that I learned to interpret the Ten Commandments; and then I also beheld for the first time the glimmering light of truth and the majesty of the Church. In this Church we do not have to fight for our rights because we are black. She had colored saints – Augustine, Benedict the Moor, Monica. The Church is broad a

"Vocations aren't the result of planning, but an encounter with God that changes your life." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

“O Priest! You are not of yourself because you are of God. You are not of yourself because you are the servant and minister of Christ. You are not your own because you are the spouse of the Church. You are not yourself because you are the mediator between God and man. You are not from yourself because you are nothing. What then are you? Nothing and everything. O Priest! Take care, lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you: ‘He saved others, himself he canno

"Give me ten zealous priests and I will convert the whole world." ~ St. Philip Neri #Saints #Quotes

"I believe that were it not for the Holy Mass, as of this moment the world would be in the abyss." ~ St. Leonard of Port Maurice #Saints #Quotes

"The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; it signifies Love, it produces Love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life." ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

" …. I saw the Holy Father in a very large house, kneeling before a table, with his face in his hands, crying. Outside the house were many people, some of whom cast stones at him, others cursed him and said many ugly words. Poor Holy Father! We have to pray a lot for him." ~ St. Jacinta Marto #Saints #Quotes

"The priest is not a priest for himself, He is a priest for you." ~ St. John Marie Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"The Angels guardian procure for the souls committed to their care grace to have recourse to a priest that he may absolve them: 'Although,' says St. Peter Damian, 'Angels may be present, they yet wait for the priest to exercise his power, but no one of them has the power of the keys -- of binding and of loosening.'" ~ St. Alphonsus Liguori #Saints #Quotes

"Be attentive, dearly beloved priests, for the devils tempt one priest more than a hundred seculars; because a priest that is lost brings with him many seculars to hell. St. Chrysostom says, " To take away the shepherds is to scatter the flocks." ~ St. Alphonsus Liguori #Saints #Quotes

"A priest is one who makes Christ visible. The people see Christ in the saintly priests and they seek even to touch his robes as they did the robes of Christ. Children come to him without fear; non-Catholics give to them a reverence which they rarely give to others. The sure measure by which a priest draws souls to Christ is also the means by which he can drive souls from Christ." ~ Ven. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen #Saints #Quotes

"It is the priest who continues the work of redemption on earth." ~ St. John Marie Vianney #Saints #Quotes