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Daily Virtue Quote – Ven. Fulton Sheen

"Today millions of men and women consider that their happiness is destroyed if they must get along without a few things of which their grandfathers had never dreamed. Luxuries have become necessities to them; and the more things a man needs in order to be happy, the more he has increased his chances of disappointment [...]

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Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Thomas Aquinas

"Water ought to be mingled with the wine which is offered in this sacrament. First of all on account of its institution: for it is believed with probability that our Lord instituted this sacrament in wine tempered with water according to the custom of that country: hence it is written (Prov. 9:5): 'Drink the [...]

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Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope St. John Paul II

"The Church draws her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not simply express a daily experience of faith, but recapitulates the heart of the mystery of the Church." Source:  Pope St. John Paul II, Papal Encyclical: Ecclesia De Eucharista, 4/17/2003

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Daily Virtue Quote – St. Teresa of Avila

"The chief object of the devil’s work on earth is to fill us with pride." Source: Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection, Dover Thrift Editions, 2012.

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Daily Virtue Quote – St. Peter Julian Eymard

"Some there are who wish to serve Our Lord only on condition of being better treated than they were in the world. Oh, how many there are who demand of religion only its advantages, who enter it only to make sure of their bread, to find in it a resource, a commodious shelter! Religious nobodies! [...]

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Daily Eucharist Quote – St. John Vianney

"A saint used to say that we were God-bearers. It is really true because at the moment of receiving the Blessed Eucharist, and as long as the Sacred Species subsist, Jesus Christ is substantially present with His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity in our body and our soul. We are thus tabernacles, living ciboria [...]

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Daily Virtue Quote – St. Francis de Sales

"Do not let that mind which is the likeness of God cleave to mere earthly goods; let it always be raised above them, not sunk in them." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.

2020-03-15T18:24:10-04:00August 3rd, 2016|Categories: Daily Quote: Virtue|Tags: , , |2 Comments

Daily Eucharist Quote – Catechism of the Catholic Church

"The Lord, having loved those who were his own, loved them to the end. Knowing that the hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father, in the course of a meal he washed their feet and gave them the commandment of love. In order to leave them a pledge of this [...]

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Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Alphonsus Liguori

"Behold me, then, O my Lord and God, before this altar, on which Thou residest night and day for my sake. Thou art the Source of every good; Thou art the Healer of every ill; Thou art the Treasure of every poor creature. Behold now at Thy feet a sinner, who is of all others [...]

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Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI

"Profit is useful if it serves as a means towards an end that provides a sense both of how to produce it and how to make good use of it.  Once profit becomes the exclusive goal, if it is produced by improper means and without the common good as its ultimate end, it risks destroying [...]

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