"Where the Eucharist is, there is the King. And where the King is, there is the Kingdom. God's Kingdom is a Eucharistic Kingdom." ~ Scott Hahn #Saints #Quotes

"O wonderful the dignity of priests; in their hands, as in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, the Son of God becomes incarnate." ~ St. Augustine #Saints #Quotes

"Without the priest, the passion and death of our Lord would be of no avail. It is the priest who continues the work of redemption here on earth." ~ St. John of Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"It will not suffice to declare that we are "friends" of Christ, boasting of false merits: 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets' ( Lk 13: 26 ). True friendship with Jesus is expressed in the way of life: it is expressed with goodness of heart, with humility, meekness and mercy, love for justice and truth, a sincere and honest commitment to peace and reconciliation." ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

“Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. God has died in the flesh and hell trembles with fear.” ~ St. Melito of Sardis #Saints #Quotes #HolySaturday

"He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." ~ 1 Peter 2:24 #Saints #Quotes #GoodFriday

"The “breaking of the bread” refers to the Eucharist. Two thousand years later, we continue to relive that primordial image of the Church. At every celebration of the Eucharist, we are spiritually brought back to the paschal Triduum: to the events of the evening of Holy Thursday, to the Last Supper and to what followed it." ~ Saint Pope John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great." ~ St. John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes #SpyWednesday

"The Church must never cease to pray to the Lord of the harvest that he send laborers into his harvest." ~ St. Pope John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ." ~St. John Marie Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"But Palm Sunday tells us that... it is the cross that is the true tree of life." ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

"The world looks to the priest, because it looks to Jesus! No one can see Christ; but everyone sees the priest, and through him they wish to catch a glimpse of the Lord! Immense is the grandeur of the Lord! Immense is the grandeur and dignity of the priest!" ~ St. John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"The shepherd cannot run at the first sign of danger. Pray for us that we might be a sign of the love of Christ for our people, that our presence among them will fortify them to endure these sufferings in preparation for the Kingdom." ~ Bl. Stanley Rother #Saints #Quotes

"Him whom the heavens cannot contain the womb of one woman bore. She ruled our Ruler. She carried him in whom we all are. She gave milk to our Bread." ~ St. Augustine #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

"It is necessary to pray for priests because they are so often forgotten by the living, since Christians often consider that priests do not need prayers." ~ St. Joseph Moscati #Saints #Quotes

"How can I not praise the courageous fidelity of so many priests who, even amid difficulties and incomprehension, remain faithful to their vocation as “friends of Christ”, whom he has called by name, chosen and sent?" ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

“Do not ask everyone’s opinion, but only the opinion of your confessor; be as frank and simple as a child with him.” ~ St. Faustina Kowalska #Saints #Quotes

"The Church was born of the paschal mystery. For this very reason the Eucharist, which is in an outstanding way the sacrament of the paschal mystery, stands at the center of the Church's life." ~ Saint Pope John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"Do not be afraid to become the saints of the new millennium!" ~St. John Paul II #Saints #Quotes