Daily Virtue Quote – Ven. Fulton Sheen
"Humility makes us receptive to giving of others. You could not give unless I took. It is the taker that makes the giver." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Thomas Aquinas
"Since Christ and His Passion are the cause of grace. and since spiritual refreshment, and charity cannot be without grace, it is clear from all that has been set forth that this sacrament (Eucharist) bestows grace." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
Daily Virtue Quote – Brother Lawrence
"In simple justice we owe Him all our thoughts and words and actions. Let us see to it that we pay our debt." Source: Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. John Vianney
"Listen well so that you may understand your cruelty towards Jesus Christ. What would you say of a man whose father was about to be led to the place of execution, if he found that the executioners had not the power to hang him, should say to them: 'You have not the strength. Here are [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Thomas a’ Kempis
"Direct your zeal, therefore, first upon yourself; then you may with justice exercise it upon those about you. You are well versed in coloring your own actions with excuses which you will not accept from others, though it would be more just to accuse yourself and excuse your brother." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Catechism of the Catholic Church
"The Eucharistic presence of Christ begins at the moment of the consecration and endures as long as the Eucharistic species subsist. Christ is present whole and entire in each of the species and whole and entire in each of their parts, in such a way that the breaking of the bread does not divide Christ." [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Therese of Lisieux
"Love proves itself by deeds, and how shall I prove mine? The little child will scatter flowers whose fragrant perfume will surround the royal throne, and in a voice that is silver-toned, she will sing the canticle of love… I can prove my love only by scattering flowers, that is to say, by never letting [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope St. John Paul II
"In the Eucharist Christ gives us his body and blood as food and drink, under the appearance of bread and wine, just as during the paschal meal at the Last Supper. Only through the Spirit, the giver of life, can the Eucharistic food and drink produce in us 'communion,' that is to say, the salvific [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Peter Julian Eymard
"Prayer ought to be not only the grace of our sanctification, but its principal exercise, the virtue of virtues. By it you will have the virtues of your state, because, being a virtue which has God for immediate object, it attracts the other virtues after it and makes use of them to exercise itself." [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"By praying the Psalms, the Scripture readings and the readings drawn from the great tradition which are included in the Divine Office, we can come to a deeper experience of the Christ-event and the economy of salvation, which in turn can enrich our understanding and participation in the celebration of the Eucharist." Source: Pope [...]