"Men whose strength is in prayer are unsinkable." ~ Cardinal Robert Sarah #Saints #Quotes

"The priesthood of Christ was different from that of all pagan priests and from the Levitical priesthood of the family of Aaron. In the Old Testament and in pagan religions, the priest and the victim were distinct and separate. In Our Lord, they were united inseparably ." ~Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen #Saints #Quotes

"It was fitting that we should have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens. He has no need, as did the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did that once for all when he offered himself." ~Hebrews 7:26-27 #Saints #Quotes

"It has been often said, very truly, that religion is the thing that makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary; it is an equally important truth that religion is the thing that makes the extraordinary man feel ordinary." ~ G.K. Chesterton #Saints #Quotes

"Christ himself, the model of priests, taught first by the example of his deeds and then by his words." ~Pope St. Pius X #Saints #Quotes

"A long experience has taught me the great lesson that God leads men in a human manner by other men whom he appointed to be in His place and who should be of the same kindness as he himself was while on earth." ~ Blessed Xavier Seelos #Saints #Quotes

“A holy priest makes a fervent people; a fervent priest a pious people; a pious priest a fairly good people; a fairly good priest, a godless people.” ~Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard #Saints #Quotes

"The priest holds the key to the treasures of heaven: it is he who opens the door: he is the steward of the good Lord; the administrator of his goods." ~St. John Mary Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"For you I am a bishop, but with you I am a Christian. The first is an office accepted; the second is a gift received. One is danger; the other is safety. If I am happier to be redeemed with you than to be placed over you, then I shall, as the Lord commanded, be more fully your servant." ~St. Augustine of Hippo #Saints #Quotes

"Without priests, we have no Jesus. Without priests, we have no absolution. Without priests, we cannot receive Holy Communion." ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta #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." ~Venerable Arch. Fulton Sheen #Saints #Quotes

"The entire Church cannot give God as much honor, or obtain so many Graces as a single priest by celebrating a single Mass." ~ St. Alphonsus Liguori #Saints #Quotes

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

"If God is Holiness Itself, how could He dwell in an unholy vessel? How could the One Who demands holiness from His people (Lev 19:2) and particularly from the priests who minister before Him (Ex 28:6) dwell for nine months in an unholy woman!" ~ Bl. Duns Scotus #Saints #Quotes

"We must remember that all of us priests, saints or sinners, are not ourselves when we celebrate Holy Mass. We are Christ, who renews on the altar his divine sacrifice of Calvary. In the mystery of the eucharistic sacrifice, in which priests fulfil their principal function, the work of our redemption is continually carried out." ~ St. Josemaria Escriva #Saints #Quotes

"Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved." ~ St. Charles Borromeo #Saints #Quotes

"Consider then...the magnitude of these sufferings which the souls in Purgatory endure; and the means which we have of mitigating them: our prayers, our good works, and, above all, the holy sacrifice of the Mass." ~ St. John Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"Consider then...the magnitude of these sufferings which the souls in Purgatory endure; and the means which we have of mitigating them:...

"There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future." ~ St. Augustine #Saints #Quotes

I will give you shepherds after my own heart ~ Jer. 3:15 #Saints #Quotes