"The only pleasure in gambling is to win, and this cannot be a satisfactory pleasure, since it can only be enjoyed at the expense of your antagonist." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
"This is a wonderful expression: 'The center of the life of the entire Church.' The Eucharist makes the Church, just as the Church makes the Eucharist. The presbyter, having been given the charge of building the Church, performs this task essentially through the Eucharist. Even when the participation of the faithful is lacking, he cooperates [...]
"Love does not consist in words or feelings but in deeds. It is an act of the will; it is a gift; that is to say, a giving. The reason, the will, the heart – these three faculties must be exercised during prayer. I will rise from the dead in Jesus, but first I must [...]
d"The Lord in His Gospel, when He would direct the way of our hope and faith in a brief summary, said, 'The Lord your God is one God: and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment; [...]
"O God, present in this Most Holy Sacrament, O Bread of angels. O heavenly food, I love Thee; but Thou art not, neither am I, satisfied with my love. I love Thee; but I love Thee too little. Do Thou, my Jesus, make known to me the beauty, the immense goodness which I love: make [...]
"Control your appetites before they control you, and shame will greatly help you to maintain such mastery… So let us restrain our appetites with the thought of the fire to come… For the truth is, as one will discover, that the belly is the cause of all human shipwreck." Source: St. John Climacus, The [...]
"As society is made by man, so man, in his turn is made by his thoughts, his decisions and his choices. Nothing ever happens to the world which did not first happen inside the mind of some man: the material of the skyscraper merely completes the architect’s dream." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way [...]
"The Lord Jesus, who became for us the food of truth and love, speaks of the gift of his life and assures us that 'if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever' (Jn 6:51). This 'eternal life' begins in us even now, thanks to the transformation effected in us by the [...]
"But the broken minds and tortured hearts testify to the fact that nothing can satisfy the soul hunger of man, except a nourishment suited to his soul and its aspirations for the perfect… Man's soul being spiritual demands a spiritual food. In the order of grace, this divine food is the Eucharist, or the communion [...]
"Sin is the spiritual death of the soul. Hence man is preserved from future sin in the same way as the body is preserved from future death of the body: and this happens in two ways. First of all, in so far as man's nature is strengthened inwardly against inner decay, and so by means [...]