It is most heartening to learn that young men and women, in their late teens and twenties, are increasingly attracted to meditative… — John Joseph O'Connor Copy Share Image
I believe devoutly that the national election is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament of democracy. And I really… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Mary adored Jesus as the Bridegroom of souls. Union is the final purpose of love. Jesus by the gift of His substance… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
O Jesus, here present in the Holy Eucharist, Thy Heart is all aglow with love for me! Thou dost call me, Thou… — Ildefonsus Copy Share Image
She who received the seed of eternal glory Now dispenses grace, the seed of glory-to-come. My womb was the chalice of the… — Catherine Doherty Copy Share Image
A cloud of incense was rising on high; the people suddenly all bowed low; what could it mean? The truth flashed on… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
A person may be Baptized, and yet not born again to grace, in consequence of not having the necessary dispositions at Baptism. — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
We have close to us as much as Joseph had at Nazareth; we have our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, but our… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
It is not to remain in a golden ciborium that He comes down each day from Heaven, but to find another Heaven,… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Spirituality is no different from what weve been doing for two thousand years just by going to church and receiving the sacraments,… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Sexual pleasure is not a sin. Nor is it a sacrament. It is your right as a human being to exercise as… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
I don't pray enough, but I pray more now. Every morning at six o'clock have a half hour of meditation before the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We discovered, like infants opening their eyes for the first time, that God's coming upon earth out of love for us had… — Chiara Lubich Copy Share Image
How many there are who still say, 'I want to see His shape, His image, His clothing, His sandals.' Behold, you do… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
To be alone with Jesus in adoration and intimate union with Him is the Greatest Gift of Love - the tender love… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
What is more insane than to be partakers of the Sacraments of the Lord and not partakers of the words of the… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Father of mercy and God of all consolation, graciously look upon me and impart to me the blessing which flows from this… — Saint Blaise Copy Share Image
Every morning, even in the bitterest winter, she stood before the chapel door until it opened at four and remained there until… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
To speak of the Blessed Sacrament is to speak of what is most sacred. How often, when we are in a state… — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Copy Share Image
What is the mark of a Christian? That he be purified of all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit in… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
It is called the real presence, not in an exclusive sense, as though other forms of presence were not real, but by… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
The mark of the Christian is the willingness to look for the Divine in the flesh of a babe in a crib,… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image