Daily Virtue Quote – St. Cyril of Jerusalem
"Take heed lest without reason you mistrust the power of repentance. Would you know what power repentance has?" Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Alphonsus Liguori
"My Lord, would it not have been enough hadst Thou remained in this Sacrament only during the day, when Thou couldst have had adorers of Thy presence to keep Thee company; but why remain also the whole night, when the churches are all closed, and when men retire to their homes, leaving Thee quite alone? [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Pius XII
"In this act of Sacrifice through the hands of the priest, by whose word alone the Immaculate Lamb is present on the altar, the faithful themselves, united with him in prayer and desire, offer to the Eternal Father a most acceptable victim of praise and propitiation for the needs of the whole Church. And as [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Augustine
"Whoever, then, has Christ in his heart, so that no earthly or temporal things – not even those that are legitimate and allowed – are preferred to Him, has Christ as a foundation. But if these things be preferred, then even though a man seems to have faith in Christ, yet Christ is not the [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"Faith acts to purify reason, because of its ability to see and decide correctly. So the Church’s task is that of healing reason and strengthening the desire for the good. In this sense – without engaging in politics herself – the Church participates passionately in the battle for justice." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, God [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Catechism of the Catholic Church
"The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it re-presents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross, because it is its memorial and because it applies its fruit: [Christ], our Lord and God, was once and for all to offer himself to God the Father by his death on the altar of the cross, to accomplish [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Francis
"The Church’s first truth is the love of Christ. The Church makes herself a servant of this love and mediates it to all people: a love that forgives and expresses itself in the gift of oneself. Consequently, wherever the Church is present, the mercy of the Father must be evident. In our parishes, communities, associations [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Leo XIII
"Moreover, in this most admirable Sacrament, which is the chief means whereby men are engrafted on the divine nature, men also find the most efficacious help towards progress in every kind of virtue." Source: Pope Leo XIII, MIRAE CARITATIS: ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON THE HOLY EUCHARIST, May 28, 1902 [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Teresa of Avila
"You must practice simplicity and humility, for those are the virtues which achieved everything." Source: Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection, Dover Thrift Editions, 2012.
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"If it is to be properly understood, the word of God must be listened to and accepted in a spirit of communion with the Church and with a clear awareness of its unity with the sacrament of the Eucharist. Indeed, the word which we proclaim and accept is the Word made flesh (cf. Jn 1:14); [...]