--- title: "2 Sacred Duty Quotes By Pope Pius X" description: "2 Sacred Duty quotes by Pope Pius X. Plus more from Pope Pius X and more Sacred Duty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/pope-pius-x-19753_catholic_the-office-divinely-committed-to-us-of-f_320878.jpg" --- > [“The office divinely committed to Us of feeding the Lord’s flock has especially this duty assigned to it by Christ, namely, to guard with the greatest vigilance the deposit of the faith delivered to the saints, rejecting the profane novelties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-office-divinely-committed-to-us-of-feeding-the-lord-s-flock-has/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/pope-pius-x-19753_catholic_the-office-divinely-committed-to-us-of-f_320878.jpg) > [“The office divinely committed to Us of feeding the Lord’s flock has especially this duty assigned to it by Christ, namely, to guard with the greatest vigilance the deposit of the faith delivered to the saints, rejecting the profane novelties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-office-divinely-committed-to-us-of-feeding-the-lord-s-flock-has-2/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/pope-pius-x-19753_human-race_the-office-divinely-committed-to-us-of-f_2347370.jpg) ## Other authors on Sacred Duty ## More by Pope Pius X > [But since the Modernists (as they are commonly and rightly called) employ a very clever artifice, namely, to present their doctrines without order and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/but-since-the-modernists-as-they-are-commonly-and-rightly-called/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [The Church alone, being the Bride of Christ and having all things in common with her Divine Spouse, is the depository of the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-church-alone-being-the-bride-of-christ-and-having-all-things-in/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [Far, far from the clergy be the love of novelty!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/far-far-from-the-clergy-be-the-love-of-novelty/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [...the great movement of apostasy being organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church which shall have neither dogmas, nor hierarchy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-great-movement-of-apostasy-being-organized-in-every-country-for/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/i-was-born-poor-i-have-lived-poor-i-wish-to-die-poor/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [“The office divinely committed to Us of feeding the Lord’s flock has especially this duty assigned to it by Christ, namely, to guard with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-office-divinely-committed-to-us-of-feeding-the-lord-s-flock-has/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [To heal the breach between the rich and the poor, it is necessary to distinguish between justice and charity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/to-heal-the-breach-between-the-rich-and-the-poor-it-is-necessary-to/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [The surest, easiest, shortest way is the Eucharist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-surest-easiest-shortest-way-is-the-eucharist/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [Let the storm rage and the sky darken — not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/let-the-storm-rage-and-the-sky-darken-not-for-that-shall-we-be/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [God being infinite beauty, the soul united to Christ draws upon himself the admiring and tender gaze of the Angels, who, were they capable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/god-being-infinite-beauty-the-soul-united-to-christ-draws-upon/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-greatest-obstacle-in-the-apostolate-of-the-church-is-the-timidity/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven. There are others: innocence, but that is for little children; penance, but we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/holy-communion-is-the-shortest-and-safest-way-to-heaven-there-are/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [Our Apostolic Mandate requires from Us that We watch over the purity of the Faith and the integrity of Catholic discipline. It requires from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/our-apostolic-mandate-requires-from-us-that-we-watch-over-the-purity/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [The true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators, but traditionalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-true-friends-of-the-people-are-neither-revolutionaries-nor/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) > [The Rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most the Heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-pius-x/the-rosary-is-the-most-beautiful-and-the-most-rich-in-graces-of-all/) [Pope Pius X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-pius-x/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sacred-duty/pope-pius-x/#itemlist", "name": "2 Sacred Duty Quotes By Pope Pius X", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The office divinely committed to Us of feeding the Lord’s flock has especially this duty assigned to it by Christ, namely, to guard with the greatest vigilance the deposit of the faith delivered to the saints, rejecting the profane novelties of words and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called. 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