Daily Virtue Quote – St. Faustina
"From the moment I came to love suffering, it ceased to be a suffering for me. Suffering is the daily food of my soul." Source: St. Faustina, Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Thomas Aquinas
"Our Lord says (Jn. 6:52): 'The bread which I will give, is My flesh for the life of the world.' But the spiritual life is the effect of grace. Therefore grace is bestowed through this sacrament... It is considered on the part of what is represented by this sacrament, which is Christ's Passion, as stated [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope St. John Paul II
"We cannot, even for a moment, forget that the Eucharist is a special possession belonging to the whole Church. It is the greatest gift in the order of grace and of sacrament that the divine Spouse has offered and unceasingly offers to His spouse." Source: Pope St. John Paul II, LETTER DOMINICAE CENAE OF [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"The tendency to avoid the word eros, together with the new vision of love expressed through the word agape, clearly point to something new and distinct about the Christian understanding of love." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, God is Love: Deus Caritas Est, Ignatius Press, 2006.
Daily Virtue Quote – St. John Climacus
"Intelligent silence is the mother of prayer, freedom from bondage, custodian of zeal, a guard on our thoughts, a watch on our enemies, a prison of mourning, a friend of tears, a sure recollection of death, a painter of punishment, a concern with judgment, servant of anguish, foe of license, a companion of stillness, the [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Catechism of the Catholic Church
"The mode of Christ's presence under the Eucharistic species is unique. It raises the Eucharist above all the sacraments as 'the perfection of the spiritual life and the end to which all the sacraments tend.' In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist 'the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Peter Julian Eymard
"Ah! it is the Holy Spirit who desires to pray in us! Of ourselves, we are incapable of doing so; but the Spirit of Jesus Christ, who abides in us, wishes to help our impotence and to pray by His ineffable groanings. Then, let this Spirit of love speak and pray. The prayer that comes [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Catherine of Siena
"Therefore you could not be given the body without being given the blood as well; nor either the body or the blood without the soul of this Word; not the soul or body without the divinity of [Jesus], God eternal. For the one cannot be separated from the other – just as the divine nature [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Ven. Fulton Sheen
"Humility is truth about ourselves." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"In this sacramental context of Christian revelation, knowledge and study of the word of God enable us better to appreciate, celebrate and live the Eucharist. Here too, we can see how true it is that 'ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ'." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007 [...]