"There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us." ~ St. John Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying." ~ St. Anthony of Padua #Saints #Quotes

"Perhaps the sole ends of the priesthood are to say Mass, and to recite the Office, and then to live like seculars? No, 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. 'For every high priest,' says St. Paul, taken from among men, 'is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins: who

"It is not because of any human meriting that a man consecrates and administers the Sacrament of Jesus Christ, and receives the Bread of Angels for his food. Great is the Mystery and great the dignity of priests to whom is given that which has not been granted the angels. For priests alone, rightly ordained in the Church, have power to celebrate Mass and consecrate the Body of Christ." ~ Thomas A. Kempis #Saints #Quotes

"Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin…. In confession there is a chance for mercy. Believe it firmly. Hope and have confidence in confession." ~ St. Isidore #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

"Remember: Christ is calling you; the Church needs you; the Pope believes in you and he expects great things of you." ~ Pope John Paul I #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

"Each priest is a man with a body of soft clay. To keep that treasure pure, he has to be stretched out on a cross of fire. Our fall can be greater than the fall of anyone else because of the height from which we tumble. Of all the bad men, bad religious men are the worst, because they were called to be closer to Christ." ~ Ven. Bishop Fulton V. Sheen #Saints #Quotes

"Young people, have you ever thought of committing your existence totally to Christ? Do you think there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus." ~ Pope St. John Paul II #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 cannot sav

"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

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

"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

" …. 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