"In order to hold on firmly to your faith, you must choose the Road of Hope followed by the disciples of Christ and not the road to death offered by the world. Many people today repeatedly assert, 'I'." ~ Cardinal Francis Xavier N. Van Thuan #Saints #Quotes

"O Priest, who are you? You are not yourself because you are 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 can

"Saint Bernard tells us that everything has come to us through Mary; and we may also say that everything has come to us through the priest; yes, all happiness, all graces, all heavenly gifts. If we had not the Sacrament of Orders, we should not have Our Lord. Who placed Him there, in that tabernacle? It was the priest." ~ St. John Marie Vianney #Saints #Quotes #Priesthood

"The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross." ~ Saint Thomas Aquinas #Saints #Quotes

"No soul will be justified until it turns with confidence to My mercy, and this is why the first Sunday after Easter is to be the Feast of Mercy. On that day, priests are to tell everyone about My great and unfathomable mercy. I am making you the [dispenser] of My mercy." ~ Jesus to St. Faustina (570) #Saints #Quotes #DivineMercySunday

"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

"The Most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible" ~ St. Gerard Majella #Saints #Quote

"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