"Every vocation to the priesthood comes from the Heart of God but it passes through the heart of a mother." ~ St. Pius X #Quotes #Saints

"Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor." ~ St. Bernard of Clairvaux #Saints #Quotes

"O wonderful the dignity of priests; in whose hands the Son of God is made flesh as in the womb of the Virgin." ~ St. Augustine #Saints #Quotes

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

"No human tongue can enumerate the favors that trace back to the Sacrifice of the Mass. The sinner is reconciled with God; the just man becomes more upright; sins are wiped away; vices are uprooted; virtue and merit increases; and the devil’s schemes are frustrated." ~ St. Lawrence Justinian #Saints #Quotes

"Dear John, you have taken the priestly habit and I am as happy as any mother could be. But never forget that it is not the habit that matters, but the effort to progress in virtue. If you ever come to have doubts about your vocation, be sure you never dishonor that priestly garb. Put it aside immediately. I would rather a poor peasant son than a priest who neglected his sacred calling." ~ Ven. Mama Margaret to her son St. John Bosco #Saints #Quotes

"The difference between parents and priests is as great as the difference between the present life and the future life. The former produce children for this life, the latter for the other life." ~ St John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes

"Know, O Christian, that the Mass is the holiest act of religion. You cannot do anything to glorify God more, nor profit your soul more, than by devoutly assisting at it, and assisting as often as possible." ~ St. Peter Julian Eymard #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 #Saints #Quotes

"Put all the good works in the world against one Holy Mass; they will be as a grain of sand beside a mountain." ~ St. John Marie Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"The Holy Mass would be of greater profit if people had it offered in their lifetime, rather than having it celebrated for the relief of their souls after death." ~ Pope Benedict XV #Saints #Quotes

"O my child, bethink you that just as the bee, having gathered heaven's dew and earth's sweetest juices from amid the flowers, carries it to her hive; so the Priest, having taken the Saviour, God's Own Son, Who came down from Heaven, the Son of Mary, Who sprang up as earth's choicest flower, from the Altar, feeds you with that Bread of Sweetness and of all delight." ~ St. Francis of Sales #Saints #Quotes

“We need priests who are men of the interior life, “God’s watchmen” and pastors passionately committed to the evangelization of the world, and not social workers or politicians.” ~ Robert Cardinal Sarah

"There is nothing littler, meeker, or more silent than Christ present in the Host. The little piece of bread embodies the humility and perfect silence of God, His tenderness and His love for us." ~ Robert Cardinal Sarah

"All the evils which poison men and nations and trouble so many hearts have a single cause and single source: ignorance of the truth." ~ St. Pope John XXIII

"Defend the unborn against abortion even if they persecute you, calumniate you, set traps for you, take you to court, or kill you." ~ Pope Francis

"Where if not in the Divine Mercy can the world find refuge and the light of hope?" ~ Pope Saint John Paul II

"Jesus is in the Blessed Sacrament is the living heart of each of our parishes." ~ Pope Paul VI

"The Liturgy is not about you and I... The Liturgy is first and foremost about God and what He has done for us." ~ Cardinal Sarah #Saints #Quotes

"The Fathers of the Second Vatican Council had very clearly in mind this "thirst for the truth" that burns in every human heart when they said that it is the task of priests "as instructors of the people in the faith" to see to the "formation of a genuine Christian community" ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes