He is at once priest and sacrifice, God and temple. He is the priest through whom we have been reconciled, the sacrifice by which we have been reconciled, the temple in which we have been reconciled, the God with whom we have been reconciled. (Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe, +527 or 533)
Quotes
He who is true God was therefore born in the complete and perfect nature of a true man, whole in his own nature, whole in ours. By our nature we mean what the Creator had fashioned in us from the beginning, and took to himself in order to restore it. (Pope Saint Leo the Great,[…]
If we follow Christ closely we shall be allowed, even on this earth, to stand as it were on the threshold of the heavenly Jerusalem, and enjoy the contemplation of that everlasting feast, like the blessed apostles, who in following the Saviour as their leader, showed, and still show, the way to obtain the same[…]
When you invoke Saint Joseph, you don’t have to speak much. You know your Father in heaven knows what you need; well, so does His friend Saint Joseph. (Saint André Bessette, +1937)
If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me. (Saint Patrick, of the Irish – and what was true back then, is still true today)
I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life (John 8:12)
The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love. (Saint Gregory the Great, +604)
whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:14)
If I were not a Catholic, and were looking for the true Church in the world today, I would look for the one Church which did not get along well with the world; in other words, I would look for the Church which the world hated. (Bishop Fulton Sheen, +1979)
In him the promise made through the shadows of prophecy stands revealed, along with the full meaning of the precepts of the law. He is the one who teaches the truth of the prophecy through his presence, and makes obedience to the commandments possible through grace. (Pope Saint Leo the Great, +461)