He is The Bread sown in the virgin, leavened in the Flesh, molded in His Passion, baked in the furnace of the Sepulchre, placed in the Churches, and set upon the Altars, which daily supplies Heavenly Food to the faithful. (Saint Peter Chrysologous, +450)
Quotes
Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can (Saint Dominic Savio, +1857)
A man who prays lives out the mystery of existence, and a man who does not pray scarcely exists. (Saint Charbel Maklouf, +1898)
The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels. (Saint Bridget of Sweden, +1373)
A day will come when the civilized world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God. In our churches, Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them. Like Mary Magdalene, weeping before the empty tomb,[…]
You must be patient, you must wait for the eye of the soul to be formed in you. Religious truth is reached, not by reasoning, but by an inward perception. Anyone can reason; only disciplined, educated, formed minds can perceive (Saint John Henry Newman, +1890)
In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear. (Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, +1897)
Christ has something in common with all creatures. With the stone he shares existence, with the plants he shares life, with the animals he shares sensation, and with the angels he shares intelligence. Thus all things are transformed in Christ since in the fullness of his nature he embraces some part of every creature. (Saint[…]
The family is the source of all life, and the foundation of all society (Saint John Chrysostom, +407)
Run while you have the light of life! (Saint Benedict, +543)