"The Liturgy is not about you and I... The Liturgy is first and foremost about God and what He has done for us." ~ Cardinal Sarah #Saints #Quotes

"The Fathers of the Second Vatican Council had very clearly in mind this "thirst for the truth" that burns in every human heart when they said that it is the task of priests "as instructors of the people in the faith" to see to the "formation of a genuine Christian community" ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

"[Lord,] grant me the conversion of my parish; I am willing to suffer whatever you wish, for my entire life!" ~ St. John Marie Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"The Mass is the best and most beautiful thing in the Church... That is why the devil has always sought to deprive the world of the Mass through the action of heretics, making them precursors of the antichrist." ~ St. Alphonsus Liguori #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 Maria Liguori #Saints #Quotes

"When a priest celebrates the Eucharist, he honors God, and gives joy to the Angels; he edifies the Church, helps the living, obtains rest for the departed, and makes himself a sharer in all good things." ~Thomas a Kempis #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 Sheen #Saints #Quotes

"All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but the Mass is the work of God. Martyrdom is nothing in comparison for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man." ~ St. John Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"At the sight of a church tower, you may say, 'What is there in that place?' 'The Body of Our Lord.' 'Why is He there?' 'Because a priest has been there, and has said holy Mass.'" ~ St. John Marie Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"Behind each priest, there is a demon fighting for his fall. If we have the language to criticize them, we must have twice as much to pray for them." ~St. Teresa of Avila #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

"In doing our work we can expect to find insults, crosses and failures. That is the way in which we are tried, and through these crosses we will gain many blessings from God." ~ Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun #Saints #Quotes

"Pray much for priests because we need holy priests. The holier the priests are the more holy we religious will be. Then too, the more holy will be the families who are longing for God. If we have holy families we will have many holy vocations." ~ Mother Teresa of Calcutta #Saints #Quotes

"Support your priests with your love and prayers, that they may always be shepherds after Christ's heart." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

"There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today." ~ Thomas Merton #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 Moscatti #Saints #Quotes

"The priesthood is the most interesting of adventures and the most necessary for the world." ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

"If the parish priest is a Saint, his people will be holy; If the priest is holy, but not yet a Saint, his people will be good; If he is good, his people will be lukewarm, and if he is lukewarm, his parishioners will be bad. And if the priest himself is bad, his people will go to Hell." ~ St. John of Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"For the priestly office is indeed discharged on earth, but it ranks among heavenly ordinances; and very naturally so: for neither man, nor angel, nor archangel, nor any other created power, but the Paraclete Himself, instituted this vocation, and persuaded men while still abiding in the flesh to represent the ministry of angels." ~ St. John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes

"O, how great is the priest!” If he realized what he is, he would die." ~ St. John Mary Vianney #Saints #Quotes