"The development of peoples depends, above all, on a recognition that the human race is a single family working together in true communion, not simply a group of subjects who happen to live side by side." -Pope Benedict XVI
"'Not by bread alone does man live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God,' said our Lord. Bread and the word! The host and prayer. Without these you won't live a supernatural life." -St. Josemaria Escriva
"There has been no greater secret of inner peace ever given than in the worlds of John the Baptist when he saw Our Lord coming: 'He must increase; I must decrease'." -Ven. Fulton Sheen
"Our Lord allows Himself to be seen in the Blessed Sacrament for the salvation of the world. He will act through us upon the people." -St. Peter Julian Eymard
"Even if your neighbor’s sins are clearly shown to your spirit not just once or twice but many times, you should still not confront them with specific sins. Rather, when they come to visit you, you should correct their bad habits in a general way and lovingly and kindly plant the virtues [in their place], [...]
"In the sacrament of the Eucharist, Jesus shows us in particular the truth about the love which is the very essence of God." -Pope Benedict XVI
"He who is not submissive in his talk will certainly not be so in what he does. To be unfaithful in the small things is to be unfaithful in the great, and this is very hard to bring under control." -St. John Climacus
"Therefore the Eucharistic Celebration is much more than simple banquet: it is exactly the memorial of Jesus’ Pascal Sacrifice, the mystery at the centre of salvation. Memorial does not simply mean a remembrance, a mere memory; it means that every time we celebrate this Sacrament we participate in the mystery of the passion, death and [...]
"My child, you cannot always continue in the more fervent desire of virtue, or remain in the higher stage of contemplation, but because of humanity’s sin you must sometimes descend to lower things and bear the burden of this corruptible life, albeit unwillingly and wearily. As long as you wear a mortal body you will [...]
"Perfection is twofold. The first lies within man himself; and he attains it by growth: such perfection belongs to Confirmation. The other is the perfection which comes to man from the addition of food, or clothing, or something of the kind; and such is the perfection befitting the Eucharist, which is the spiritual refreshment." -St. [...]