"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

"You must pray for your priests. The spirit of a great institute like the Benedictine congregation does not survive automatically through the centuries; there is always danger, as time goes on, that such an institute, depending for its life not so much on any principles of organization as upon the influence of a subtle spirit which animates it, will lose the freshness and the purity of it s character." ~ Fr. Ronald Knox #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 J. Sheen #Saints #Quotes

" A Priest — whoever he may be — is always another Christ." ~ St. Josemaria Escriva #Saints #Quotes

"I was a poor slave boy but the priests of the Church did not disdain me. It was through the influence of one of them that I became what I am tonight...It was the priests of the Church who taught me to pray and to forgive my persecutors…In this Church we do not have to fight for our rights because we are black. She had colored saints – Augustine, Benedict the Moor, Monica. The Church is broad and liberal. She is the Church for our people." ~ Ven. Father Augustus Tolton

"Priests are like airplanes: they make news only when they crash; and yet there are so many still flying. Many criticize and few pray for them." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

"Christ daily comes to us in humble form; daily he comes down from the bosom of the father upon the altar in the hands of the priest." ~ St. Francis of Assisi #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 Moscati #Saints #Quotes

"Christ needs holy priests! Today's world demands holy priests! Only a priest can become, in an increasing secularized world a resounding witness to Christ and His Gospel." ~ St. John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"Be close to your priests with affection and with your prayers, that they may always be shepherds according to God's heart." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

"Don't be afraid to go to the sacrament of confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you." ~ Pope Francis #Saints #Quotes

"All my life I wanted to be a missionary. I have wanted to carry the Gospel message to those who have never heard of God and the Kingdom He has prepared for them." ~ St. Junipero Serra

"He who honors a priest honors Christ; he who insults a priest insults Christ." ~ St. John Chrysostom #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

"The Holy Eucharist is the greatest treasure that the Church has on earth: It is Christ Himself." ~ Cardinal Arinze

"You must love, venerate, pray and mortify yourself for the Pope, and do so with greater affection each day. He is the foundation stone of the Church and, throughout the centuries, right to the end of time, he carries out among men that task of sanctifying and governing which Jesus entrusted to Peter." ~ St. Josemaria Escriva #Saints #Quotes

"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

"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." ~ Jn 1:29

"The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ." ~ St. John Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest." ~ Saint Thomas More

“The greatest male Saint who ever lived was not a deacon, not a priest, not a bishop, not a pope, not a hermit, not a monk. He was a husband, father, and a worker.” ~ St. Josemaria Escriva

"It was the priests of the Church who taught me to pray and to forgive my persecutors… it was through the direction of a Sister of Notre Dame, Sister Herlinde, that I learned to interpret the Ten Commandments; and then I also beheld for the first time the glimmering light of truth and the majesty of the Church. In this Church we do not have to fight for our rights because we are black. She had colored saints – Augustine, Benedict the Moor, Monica. The Church is broad and libe

"Keep a constant eye on the needs of your flock, anticipating their every want. Be mindful that the slightest negligence on your part renders you culpable in the eyes of God, for He will demand a rigorous account of all the souls committed to your care." ~ St. John Eudes

"A holy priest is a savior and another Christ, taking the Master's place on earth... He is ever ready to sacrifice his very blood and even life itself to procure the salvation of souls, particularly those of his own flock." ~ St. John Eudes

"The priest is the living image of Jesus in this world in the same way as Jesus is the living image of His Heavenly Father." ~ Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle

"Let everyone know and hold for certain that we cannot be saved except through the sacred Words and the Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which priests preach, announce, and distribute, and of which they are the sole ministers." ~ St. Francis of Assisi #Saints #Quotes

"A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind." ~ St. John of Vianney #Saints #Quotes

. "The devil strongly attacks the Eucharist because it is the heart of the life of the Church." ~ Robert Cardinal Sarah

"The Priesthood Is the Love of the Heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ." ~ St. John Vianney

"Keep close to the Catholic Church at all times, for the Church alone can give you true peace, since she alone possesses Jesus, the true Prince of Peace, in the Blessed Sacrament." ~ St. Padre Pio #Saints #Quotes

"Therefore, for the glory of the Virgin Mary and for Our own consolation, We proclaim the Most Blessed Mary Mother of the Church, that is to say of all the people of God, of the faithful as well as of the Pastors, who call her the most loving Mother." ~ Saint Pope Paul VI

"My Jesus, if you uphold me, I shall not fall." ~ St. Philip Neri #Saints #Quotes

"The Holy Mass would be of greater profit if people had it offered in their lifetime, rather than having it celebrated for the relief of their souls after death." ~ Pope Benedict XV #Saints #Quotes

"It was to John that Christ confided Mary. That is because John was a priest and it is to priests, above all, that Christ gives His Mother because He has a greater love for them and they have a greater need of her." ~ Fr. Emile Neubert, SM

"Show mercy not only to yourselves, but to him who, being in the higher position among you, is therefore in greater danger." ~ St. Augustine #Saints #Quotes

"Put all the good works in the world against one Holy Mass; they will be as a grain of sand beside a mountain." ~ St. John Vianney #Saints #Quotes

"Please repent and become a Christian like me." ~ St. Charles Lwanga

"The Catholic Church deplores a double slavery – that of the mind and that of the body. She endeavors to free us of both. I was a poor slave boy but the priests of the Church did not disdain me. It was through the influence of one of them that I became what I am tonight." ~ Servant of God Rev. Augustus Tolton

"I urge you with all the strength of my soul to approach the Eucharist Table as often as possible. Feed on this Bread of the Angels from which you will draw the strength to fight inner struggles." ~ Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati #Saints #Quotes

"There are two things the devil is afraid of: fervent Communions and frequent visits to the Blessed Sacrament." ~ Saint John Bosco

"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

"It is the responsibility of Pastors to encourage, also by their personal witness, the practice of Eucharistic adoration, and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in particular, as well as prayer of adoration before Christ present under the Eucharistic species." ~ St. Pope John Paul II #Saints #Quotes

"We don't want a Church that will move with the world. We want a Church that will move the world." ~ G.K. Chesterton #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 Liguori

"Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, having promised that His habitation with us should be perpetual, in virtue thereof cried, saying, 'Lo, I am with you all the days of the world (Mt 28:20).' For as He is the Shepherd, and the High Priest, and the Way and the Door, and everything at once to us." ~ St. Athanasius #Saints #Quotes

"Stay calm, Marine. There will be someone soon to help us... God is with us all here today." ~Servant of God Fr. Vincent Capodanno #Saints #Quotes

"Pray the Rosary every day in order to obtain peace for the World." ~ Our Lady of Fatima #Saints #Quotes

"If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion." ~ St. Maximillian Kolbe

"Pray very much for the Pope, bishops, and priests. Since your baptism you have always prayed faithfully for them. Continue to pray very much...very much." ~ Our Lady of Akita to Sr. Agnes Sasagawa (July 6, 1973)

"Lord, do not leave me nor permit a day of my life pass without my saying the Mass, without receiving your embrace in communion." ~Saint Toribio Romo González