Daily Virtue Quote – St. Faustina
"The essence of the virtues is the will of God. He who does the will of God faithfully, practices all the virtues." Source: St. Faustina, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Alphonsus Liguori
"He [Fr. Alvarez] used also to say, that religious persons were indeed fortunate, because in the very houses in which they reside, they can, whenever they please, either night or day, visit this great Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament; and this lay people cannot do." Source: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Visits to the Most [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"Part of Marxist strategy is the theory of impoverishment: in a situation of unjust power, it is claimed, anyone who engages in charitable initiatives is actually serving that unjust system, making it appear at least to some extent tolerable. This in turn slows down a potential revolution and thus blocks the struggle for a better [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Leo XIII
"This sacrament, whether as the theme of devout meditation, or as the object of public adoration, or best of all as a food to be received in the utmost purity of conscience, is to be regarded as the centre towards which the spiritual life of a Christian in all its ambit gravitates; for all other [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope St. John Paul II
"In the first place, purity is an “ability” or, in the traditional language of anthropology and ethics, an attitude. And in this sense it is a virtue. When this ability, that is, virtue, leads to abstaining 'from unchastity,' it does so because the man who possesses it knows 'how to keep his own body with [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Catechism of the Catholic Church
"The Eucharist and the unity of Christians. Before the greatness of this mystery St. Augustine exclaims, 'O sacrament of devotion! O sign of unity! O bond of charity!' The more painful the experience of the divisions in the Church which break the common participation in the table of the Lord, the more urgent are our [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"The love that we celebrate in the sacrament is not something we can keep to ourselves. By its very nature it demands to be shared with all. What the world needs is God's love; it needs to encounter Christ and to believe in him. The Eucharist is thus the source and summit not only of [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. John Climacus
"A proud soul is the slave of cowardice. Trusting only itself, it is frightened by a sound or a shadow." Source: St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"Indeed, the more spiritual progress a person makes, so much heavier will he frequently find the cross, because as his love increases, the pain of his exile also increases." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Dover Thrift Editions, 1940.
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. John Vianney
"When the bell rings you can say: 'What is there? The Body of Our Lord.' 'Why is it there? Because a priest has been there and said Mass.'" Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Curé D’Ars