Daily Virtue Quote – St. Teresa of Avila
"I myself spent over fourteen years without ever being able to meditate except while reading." Source: Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection, Dover Thrift Editions, 2012.
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Thomas Aquinas
"Some men accordingly, not paying heed to these things, have contended that Christ's body and blood are not in this sacrament except as in a sign, a thing to be rejected as heretical, since it is contrary to Christ's words." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope St. John Paul II
"The priest fulfills his principal mission and is manifested in all his fullness when he celebrates the Eucharist, and this manifestation is more complete when he himself allows the depth of that mystery to become visible, so that it alone shines forth in people's hearts and minds, through his ministry. This is the supreme exercise [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Peter Julian Eymard
"If men did for the good God and for their soul what they do to succeed in business affairs or in any other state in which they are, they would soon become saints." Source: St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Divine Eucharist St. Peter Julian Eymard was a priest and the founder of the Congregation [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Catherine Siena
"So among other things I use the way my Truth described when he said, 'I am the true vine, my Father is the vinedresser, and you are the branches.' He is the true vine because he proceeds from me, the Father, and whoever remains in him by following his teaching will bear fruit. And so [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Council of Trent
"Our Savior, when about to depart from this world to the Father, instituted this sacrament, in which He poured forth, as it were, the riches of His divine love towards men, making a remembrance of his wonderful works, and commanded us in the participation of it to reverence His memory and to show forth his [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. John Vianney
"Oh I if we could really understand how much Jesus Christ loves to come into our hearts! Once He is there, He would wish never to leave it. He can no longer separate Himself from us during our life nor after our death." Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Curé D’Ars [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Francis de Sales
"My child, our possessions are not ours; God has given them to us to cultivate, that we may make them fruitful and profitable in His Service, and so doing we shall please Him." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Cyril of Jerusalem
"If you have anything against any man, forgive it: you come here to receive forgiveness of sins, and thou also must forgive him that has sinned against you. Else with what face will you say to the Lord, Forgive me my many sins, if you have not yourself forgiven your fellow-servant even his little sins." [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Thomas Aquinas
"The presence of Christ's true body and blood in this sacrament cannot be detected by sense, nor understanding, but by faith alone, which rests upon Divine authority. Hence, on Lk. 22:19: 'This is My body which shall be delivered up for you,' Cyril says: 'Doubt not whether this be true; but take rather the Saviour's [...]