Virtue Quote: Brother Lawrence
"That all possible kinds of mortification, if they were void of the love of God, could not efface a single sin." -Brother Lawrence
Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"We can thus understand how agape also became a term for the Eucharist: there God’s own agape comes to us bodily, in order to continue his work in us and through us." -Pope Benedict XVI
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Francis de Sales
"All this anger and irritation against one's self fosters pride, and springs entirely from self-love, which is disturbed and fretter by its own imperfections. What we want is a quiet steady, firm displeasure at our own faults." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002. [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"In instituting the sacrament of the Eucharist, Jesus anticipates and makes present the sacrifice of the Cross and the victory of the resurrection. At the same time, he reveals that he himself is the true sacrificial lamb." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
Daily Virtue Quote – St. Bernard of Clairvaux
"I began to fear more the terrible danger of pride if I did well than the disgrace if I did badly. There I was at a crossroad between fear and charity, not knowing which way was safe to take. If I spoke to any profit about humility I feared to be found lacking in it; [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Catechism of the Catholic Church
"The inexhaustible richness of this sacrament is expressed in the different names we give it. Each name evokes certain aspects of it. It is called:ÿ Eucharist, The Lord's Supper, TheÿBreaking of Bread, TheÿEucharistic assembly, Theÿmemorialÿof the Lord's Passion and Resurrection, TheÿHoly Sacrifice, holy sacrifice of the Mass, "sacrifice of praise," spiritual sacrifice, pure and holy [...]
Daily Virtue Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"Without truth, without trust and love for what is true, there is no social conscience and responsibility, and social action ends up serving private interests and the logic of power, resulting in social fragmentation, especially in a globalized society at difficult times like the present." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN VERITATE (Charity in [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope Benedict XVI
"The Church's faith is essentially a eucharistic faith, and it is especially nourished at the table of the Eucharist." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
Daily Virtue Quote – Venerable Fulton Sheen
Ven. Fulton Sheenÿexplains the core virtue of the Gospel. We are called to love, especially people who others do not love. Jesus describes this as loving our enemies. We should not limit our understanding of this to just adversaries that we are competing against or that threaten us. We need to love everyone, especially people [...]
Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Peter Julian Eymard
This is a wonderful quote from St. Peter Julian Eymard. He describes the gift of the Father of His Son in the Eucharist given to us. The saint describes this as a personal gift provided to him, and it is a person and individual gift given to him. This does not negate the gift given [...]