Virtues that shine…
Humility, obedience, meekness, and love are the virtues that shine through the Cross and the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.
–Saint Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870)
All states in life…
Our Lord has created persons for all states in life, and in all of them we see people who who achieved sanctity by fulfilling their obligations well.
–Saint Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870)
Christian means learner…
The Christian who desires to follow Jesus carrying his cross must bear in mind that the name “Christian” means “learner or imitator of Christ” and that if he wishes to bear that noble title worthily he must above all do as Christ charges us in the Gospel: We must oppose or deny ourselves, take up the cross, and follow him.
–Saint Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870)
We must be pure…
We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our will, in our intentions, in all our actions.
–Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
Eucharistic adoration is…
Eucharistic adoration is the greatest of actions. To adore is to share the life of Mary on earth when she adored the Word Incarnate in her virginal womb, when she adored Him in the Crib, on Calvary, in the divine Eucharist.
–Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)
All unhappiness comes from…
Silence. All human unhappiness comes from not knowing how to stay quietly in a room.
–Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
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