"What tongue, human or angelic, may ever describe a power so immeasurable as that exercised by the simplest priest in Mass? Who could ever have imagined that the voice of man, which by nature hath not the power even to raise a straw from the ground, should obtain through grace a power so stupendous as to bring from Heaven to earth the Son of God?" ~ St. Leonard of Port Maurice #Saints #Quotes

"I asked [Guadalupe] for the world, for peace, so many things. I asked forgiveness, I asked that the Church grows healthy, I asked for the Mexican people. And another thing I asked a lot for: that priests be true priests, and sisters true sisters, and bishops true bishops. As the Lord wants." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

"The priest is not a mere office-holder, like those which every society needs in order to carry out certain functions. Instead, he does something which no human being can do of his own power: in Christ’s name he speaks the words which absolve us of our sins and in this way he changes, starting with God, our entire life." ~ Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

"If priests sin, all the people are led to sin. Hence every one must render an account of his own sins; but the priests are also responsible for the sins of others." ~St. John Chrysostom #Saints #Quotes

"Blessed Juan Diego, a good, Christian Indian, whom simple people have always considered a saint! We ask you to accompany the Church on her pilgrimage in Mexico, so that she may be more evangelizing and more missionary each day. Encourage the Bishops, support the priests, inspire new and holy vocations, help all those who give their lives to the cause of Christ and the spread of his Kingdom." ~ Pope St. John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"A holy priest is a saviour and another Christ, taking the Master’s place on earth, representing Him, clothed with His authority, acting in His name, adorned with His qualifications, exercising His judgment on earth in the tribunal of penance." ~St. John Eudes #Saints #Quotes

"Thank you for working to strengthen the bonds of fraternity and friendship with your brother priests and your bishop, providing one another with support and encouragement, caring for those who are ill, seeking out those who keep apart, visiting the elderly and drawing from their wisdom, sharing with one another and learning to laugh and cry together". ~ Pope Francis #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

"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

"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!" ~ Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen #Saints #Quotes

"The soul without grace is a withered tree that can no longer produce fruit; but receiving the Divine grace, through the ministry of a priest, it brings forth fruits of eternal life." ~St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori #Saints #Quotes

"This audacity of God who entrusts himself to human beings – who, conscious of our weaknesses, nonetheless considers men capable of acting and being present in his stead – this audacity of God is the true grandeur concealed in the word 'priesthood'." ~Pope Benedict XVI #Saints #Quotes

"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