"The Venerable Father Alvarez saw Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament with His hands filled with graces, and seeking to whom He might dispense them. Of St. Catharine of Sienna it is related, that when she approached the Most Holy Sacrament, she did so precisely with the same loving avidity with which a child flies to [...]
"The economy needs ethics in order to function correctly – not any ethics whatsoever, but an ethics which is people-centered." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in Truth), 6/29/2009
"In this sacrament the consecration of the matter consists in the miraculous change of the substance, which can only be done by God; hence the minister in performing this sacrament has no other act save the pronouncing of the words." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
"If you love God heartily, my child, you will often speak of Him among your relations, household, and familiar friends, and that because 'the mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.'" Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
"This blood is the salvation of our souls, by this the soul is washed, by this is beautiful, by this is inflamed, this causes our understanding to be more bright than fire, and our soul more beaming than gold; this blood was poured forth, and made heaven accessible." Source: St. John Chrysostom, Homily 46 [...]
"Physical idleness deteriorates the mind, spiritual idleness deteriorates the heart." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
"By its very nature the liturgy operates on different levels of communication which enable it to engage the whole human person. The simplicity of its gestures and the sobriety of its orderly sequence of signs communicate and inspire more than any contrived and inappropriate additions. Attentiveness and fidelity to the specific structure of the rite [...]
"This has always been the belief of the Church of God, that immediately after the consecration the true body and the true blood of our Lord, together with His soul and divinity exist under the form of bread and wine, the body under the form of bread and the blood under the form of wine." [...]
"One way to re-collect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far at other times: you should keep it strictly in the presence of God; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your [...]
"The Church’s very credibility is seen in how she shows merciful and compassionate love. The Church ‘has an endless desire to show mercy’." Source: Pope Francis, Misericordiae Vultus: BULL OF INDICTION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OF MERCY