Daily life Quote by John F. Coverdale

The priestly vocation is essentially a call to sanctity, in the form that derives from the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Sanctity is intimacy with…

— Pope John Paul I

Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.

— Felicity Jones

“We often conceive of worldly life as merely a kind of default existence that anyone who is not specially called to monasticism or ordination…

— Daniel G. Opperwall

There is a basic problem that a lot of Western monks and nuns become ordained without really understanding or appreciating what the monastic life…

— Tenzin Palmo

“Monasticism resonated with me, with my imperfect, impulsive self, because it encompasses all human activity and asks that the disparate parts and moments of…

— Paul Wilkes

“The process of sanctification is an addiction to holiness, a compulsive fixation on Christ and an impulsive pattern of compassion, virtue and love. This…

— William M. Struthers

“The Church has always regarded the admin istration of a Sacrament in the state of mortal sin as a sacrilege, and insists on the…

— Joseph Pohle

Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make…

— Meister Eckhart

“A priest is a priest, no matter where she happens to be. Her job is to recognize the holiness in things and hold them…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do it, you…

— Pope Francis

Monastic vows rest on the false assumption that there is a special calling, a vocation, to which superior Christians are invited to observe the…

— Martin Luther

I didn't have the calling to be a priest. You know, either you do or you don't.

— George Mikan