"I worshipped Him the oftenest that I could, keeping my mind in His holy Presence, and recalling it as often as I found it wandered from Him. I found no small pain in this exercise, and yet I continued it, notwithstanding all the difficulties that occurred, without troubling or disquieting myself when my mind had [...]
"On the night before he died, Jesus instituted the Eucharist and at the same time established the priesthood of the New Covenant." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
"Hilary says (De Trin. viii): 'There is no room for doubt regarding the truth of Christ's body and blood; for now by our Lord's own declaring and by our faith His flesh is truly food, and His blood is truly drink.' And Ambrose says (De Sacram. vi): 'As the Lord Jesus Christ is God's [...]
"Further, directly you are conscious of an angry act, atone for the fault by some speedy act of meekness toward the person who excited your anger." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
"The most intense and lasting joys come only to those who are willing to practice a certain self-restraint, to undergo the boredom of the preliminary discipline." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"The Bread of the Eucharist, after the invocation of the Holy Ghost, is mere bread no longer, but the Body of Christ." Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures
"If I knew all things in the world and had not charity, what would it profit me before God Who will judge me by my deeds?" Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
"Our Savior is continually pouring out His gifts of counsel, fortitude, fear and piety, especially on the leading members of His Body, so that the whole Body may grow ever more and more in holiness and integrity of life. When the Sacraments of the Church are administered by external rite, it is He who produces [...]
"Thus you imitate the Jews. They are reproached for refusing shelter to Jesus Christ on the first Christmas night although they did not know Him. You treat Him with the same discourtesy, you who neglect to receive Him into your hearts in Holy Communion. Do not forget that at the Particular Judgment Jesus Christ will [...]
"Should the devil draw my attention to the faults of any one of them when I am seeking to increase this love in my heart, I call to mind at once her virtues and her good intentions. I tell myself that though I may have seen her fall once, there are probably a great many [...]