Daily Virtue Quote – St. John Climacus
"If we really long for heavenly things, we will surely taste the glory above. And whoever has tasted that will think nothing of earthly glory." Source: St. John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope St. John Paul II
"Now the paschal mystery, in which 'God is perfectly glorified' (Sacrosanctum Concilium, n. 7), is perpetuated in the Eucharistic sacrifice, the memorial of the death and resurrection entrusted by Christ to the Church, his beloved Spouse (cf. ibid., n. 47). With the command 'Do this in remembrance of me' (Lk 22: 19), Jesus assures the [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Alphonsus Liguori
"Many Christians submit to great fatigue, and expose themselves to many dangers, to visit the places in the Holy Land where our most loving Saviour was born, suffered, and died. We need not undertake so long a journey, or expose ourselves to so many dangers; the same Lord is near us, and dwells in the [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Ven. Fulton Sheen
"First, it will generally be found true that those who boast of their success in terms of money hardly ever help the poor. It is not that they are not generous, but that they are generous only to the rich. The haves are helped by those who have; it is the have-nots who help the [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Peter Julian Eymard
"Do not obey your Superiors because they are good, or pious, or learned. That would be to obey the creature, a natural obedience worthless for heaven. Never obey through human fear of the person or of the reprimand. That would be to obey as a beast deprived of reason That would be humiliating obedience worthy [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Catechism of the Catholic Church
"The Eucharist is the heart and the summit of the Church's life, for in it Christ associates his Church and all her members with his sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving offered once for all on the cross to his Father; by this sacrifice he pours out the graces of salvation on his Body which is [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Paul VI
"[T]he whole Church plays the role of priest and victim along with Christ, offering the Sacrifice of the Mass and itself completely offered in it. The Fathers of the Church taught this wondrous doctrine." Source: Pope Paul VI, SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, DECEMBER 4, 1963
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Francis de Sales
"While it is right to resist great temptations with invincible courage, and all such victories will be most valuable, still there is perhaps more absolute profit to our souls in resisting little ones." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Catherine of Siena
"Every perfection and every virtue proceeds from charity. Charity is nourished by humility. And humility comes from knowledge and holy hatred of oneself, that is, of one’s selfish sensuality. To attain charity you must dwell constantly in the cell of self-knowledge." Source: St. Catherine of Siena, The Dialogue, Paulist Press, 1980 The Dialogue was [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"The eucharistic mystery thus gives rise to a service of charity towards neighbour, which 'consists in the very fact that, in God and with God, I love even the person whom I do not like or even know. This can only take place on the basis of an intimate encounter with God, an encounter which [...]