"Grant that I may have love, compassion and mercy for every soul without exception. O my Jesus, each of Your saints reflects one of Your virtues; I desire to reflect Your compassionate heart, full of mercy; I want to glorify it." Source: St. Faustina, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
"You will do nothing unless you ask Him for the help of His grace. And this I am sure He will give you to the measure in which you trust Him. Moreover, we must live the life of love. By our humble submission and complete self-effacement it will unite us with Him and make us [...]
"The fact that 'they did not feel shame' means that the woman was not an 'object' for the man, nor he for her." Source: Pope John Paul II, Man and Woman He Created Them, Pauline Books and Media, 2006.
"The safeguarding and promotion of ecclesial communion is a task of each member of the faithful, who finds in the Eucharist, as the sacrament of the Church’s unity, an area of special concern." Source: Pope St. John Paul II, Papal Encyclical: Ecclesia De Eucharista, 4/17/2003
"Only if we are aware of our calling, as individuals and as a community, to be part of God’s family as his sons and daughters will we be able to generate a new vision and muster new energy in the service of a truly integral humanism." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of [...]
"There is no quantity, however small, of the bread and wine which cannot be consecrated. Therefore, neither is there any quantity, however great, which cannot be consecrated." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
"He who strives for dispassion and for God considers lost any day on which he was not criticized." Source: St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
"My Jesus, I believe that Thou art truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love Thee above all things, and I desire to possess Thee within my soul. Since I am unable now to receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace Thee as being already there, and unite myself [...]
"The weakening of the inner spiritual life the basic cause of the disharmony and discord which prevail throughout the world." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"By his command to 'do this in remembrance of me', he asks us to respond to his gift and to make it sacramentally present." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007