"Though it's functions are performed on earth, the priesthood should be numbered among the things of Heaven." ~ St. John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes

"In these times, may we hear God's invitation to take care of this world, and wherever we live, to make the world a more warming, human and brotherly place." ~ Fr. Jacques Hamel #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

"We must not fear the shortage of priests but, rather, hope that there will be good, holy priests, men of God and men of prayer... The priestly vocation is inseparable from the Virgin Mary." ~ Cardinal Robert Sarah #Saints #Quotes

"People who say that we priests are lonely are either lying or have got it all wrong. We are far less lonely than anyone else, for we can count on the constant company of the Lord, with whom we should be conversing without interruption. We are in love with Love, with the Author of Love!" ~ St. Josemaria Escriva #Saints #Quotes

"If I saw an Angel and a priest, I would bend my knee first to the priest and then to the Angel." ~St. Francis of Assisi #Saints #Quotes

“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 #Saints #Quotes

"The power of the priest, is the power of the divine person; for the transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world." ~ St. Bernardine of Siena #Saints #Quotes

"Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will give you with the utmost humility and simplicity. For God, Who has an infinite love for obedience, frequently renders profitable the counsels we take from others, but especially from those who are the guides of our souls." ~ St. Francis of Sales #Saints #Quotes

"To see a priest making his meditation before Mass does more for an altar boy’s vocation than a thousand pieces of inspirational literature." ~ Arch. Fulton J. Sheen #Saints #Quotes

"Do you wish to know if the people of any place are righteous? Look what sort of a pastor they have. If you find him pious, just, sound, believe the people will be the same, for they are seasoned with the salt of his wisdom." ~ St. John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes

"You must pray for your priests. The spirit of a great institute like the Benedictine congregation does not survive automatically through the centuries; there is always danger, as time goes on, that such an institute, depending for its life not so much on any principles of organization as upon the influence of a subtle spirit which animates it, will lose the freshness and the purity of it s character." ~ Fr. Ronald Knox #Saints #Quotes

"As the shepherd, so the sheep; as the priest, so the people. Priest-victim leadership begets a holy Church. Every worldly priest hinders the growth of the Church; every saintly priest promotes it. If only all priests realized how their holiness makes the Church holy and how the Church begins to decline when the level of holiness among priests falls below that of the people!" ~Ven. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen #Saints #Quotes

" A Priest — whoever he may be — is always another Christ." ~ St. Josemaria Escriva #Saints #Quotes

"Priests are like airplanes: they make news only when they crash; and yet there are so many still flying. Many criticize and few pray for them." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

"Christ daily comes to us in humble form; daily he comes down from the bosom of the father upon the altar in the hands of the priest." ~ St. Francis of Assisi #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

"Christ needs holy priests! Today's world demands holy priests! Only a priest can become, in an increasing secularized world a resounding witness to Christ and His Gospel." ~ St. John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"Be close to your priests with affection and with your prayers, that they may always be shepherds according to God's heart." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

"Don't be afraid to go to the sacrament of confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes