Daily Virtue Quote – St. John Climacus
"Begrudge the stomach and your heart will be humbled; please the stomach and your mind will turn proud." Source: St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Alphonsus Liguori
"It is sweet to every one to be in the company of a dear friend: and shall we not find it sweet, in this valley of tears, to remain in the company of the best Friend we have, and who can do us every kind of good; who loves us with the most tender affection, [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"It is not the eucharistic food that is changed into us, but rather we who are mysteriously transformed by it. Christ nourishes us by uniting us to himself; 'he draws us into himself.'" Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Faustina
"When I became aware of God’s great plans for me, I was frightened at their greatness and felt myself quite incapable of fulfilling them, and I began to avoid interior conversations with Him, filling up the time with vocal prayer. I did this out of humility, but I soon recognized it was not true humility, [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"The true lover of Christ, however, who sincerely pursues virtue, does not fall back upon consolations nor seek such pleasures of sense, but prefers severe trials and hard labors for the sake of Christ." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Thomas Aquinas
"Now this sacrament preserves man from sin in both of these ways. For, first of all, by uniting man with Christ through grace, it strengthens his spiritual life, as spiritual food and spiritual medicine, according to Ps. 103:5: '(That) bread strengthens [Vulg.: 'may strengthen'] man's heart.' Augustine likewise says (Tract. xxvi in Joan.): 'Approach without [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope St. John Paul II
"The tendency to celebrate the Eucharist only when there was an assembly of the faithful emerged in those years. According to the Council, although everything possible should be done to gather the faithful for the celebration, it is also true that, even if the priest is alone, the Eucharistic offering which he performs in the [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Therese of Lisieux
"I am sorry for people who lose their souls; it is so easy to miss your way when the paths of the world seem so attractive." Source: St. Therese of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul, Saint Benedict Press, 2010.
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Peter Julian Eymard
"Labor, then, in an orderly manner to acquire virtues. Pursue the work with the spirit of observation, with constancy. Proceed always by principle." Source: St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Divine Eucharist St. Peter Julian Eymard was a priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. This religious order is "a Catholic [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Alphonsus Liguori
"Had men but always recourse to the Most Blessed Sacrament to seek from It the remedy for their ills, they certainly would not be as miserable as they are. The prophet Jeremias, lamenting, exclaimed: 'Is there no balm in Galaad? or is there no physician there?' (Jer. viii. 22.) Galaad, a mountain of Arabia, rich [...]