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

"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...

“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...

"When a priest celebrates the Eucharist, he honours God, and gives joy to the Angels; he edifies the Church, helps the living, obtains...

"As the shepherd, so the sheep; as the priest, so the people. Priest-victim leadership begets a holy Church. Every worldly priest hinders...

"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...

"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...

"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 very much for the Pope, bishops, and priests. Since your baptism you have always prayed faithfully for them. Continue to pray very...

"The door to heaven is the heart of Jesus. The key to this door is prayer and love." ~ Saint Andrew Bessette

"Only a poor priest, one who can endure hardship can labor here. His duties call him far and near... he leads a wandering life. There is...

"Our Lord Himself I saw in this venerable Sacrament ... I felt as if my chains fell, as those of St. Peter at the touch of the Divine...

"One saintly priest attracts more souls to Christ... than do those who lack the imprint of their sacred office." ~ Dietrich von...

"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...

"The time he spends in prayer is the most important time in a priest’s life, in which divine grace acts with greater effectiveness,...

"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...

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

"You are priests and religious; you are not social or political leaders or officials of a temporal power. For this reason I repeat to...

"If a priest is determined not to lose his soul, so soon as any disorder arises in the parish he must trample under foot all human...

"Priests have received from God a power that he has given neither to angels nor to archangels... God above confirms what priests do here...

“When you see the Lord immolated and lying upon the altar, and the priest bent over that sacrifice praying, and all the people empurpled...

"There were only two classes of people who heard the cry Christmas night: shepherds and wise men. Shepherds: those who know they know...

"There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high...

"The priest is not a priest for himself - he is for you. After God, the priest is everything." ~ St. John Marie Vianney

"It is necessary to pray for priests because they are so often forgotten by the living, since Christians often consider that priests do...

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

"Marriage is the real vocation crisis in the United States... We have a vocation crisis to life-long, life-giving, loving, faithful...

"Our life of faith most often walks in the night. The more faith has to confront trials, the stronger it becomes. Nights of faith always...

"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...

"For the priestly office is indeed discharged on earth, but it ranks among heavenly ordinances; and very naturally so: for neither man,...

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

"How great is the dignity of the priesthood! What a dignity, what a dignity!... To be a priest! What does that mean? O God, my God, I...

"Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the...

"What tongue, human or angelic, may ever describe a power so immeasurable as that exercised by the simplest priest in Mass? Who could...

"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 priest is not a mere office-holder, like those which every society needs in order to carry out certain functions. Instead, he does...

"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...

"Blessed Juan Diego, a good, Christian Indian, whom simple people have always considered a saint! We ask you to accompany the Church on...

"Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart." ~ St. Maximilian Kolbe

Let us take refuge like deer beside the fountain of waters. Let our soul thirst, as David thirsted, for the fountain. What is that...

"The giver of every good and perfect gift has called upon us to mimic Gods giving, by grace, through faith, and this is not of...

"A holy priest is a saviour and another Christ, taking the Master’s place on earth, representing Him, clothed with His authority, acting...

"Thank you for working to strengthen the bonds of fraternity and friendship with your brother priests and your bishop, providing one...

"Show no degree of irresolution as though you wavered betwixt the world and Christ. Remember that you can not covet popular approbation...

"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...

"Without priests, we have no Jesus. Without priests, we have no absolution. Without priests, we cannot receive Holy Communion." ~Mother...

"As the shepherd, so the sheep; as the priest, so the people. Priest-victim leadership begets a holy Church. Every worldly priest hinders...

"We should understand the authority of the priest, and respect him for his function, and be grateful. The power he possesses by virtue of...

"The soul without grace is a withered tree that can no longer produce fruit; but receiving the Divine grace, through the ministry of a...

"This audacity of God who entrusts himself to human beings – who, conscious of our weaknesses, nonetheless considers men capable of...