The Christian life is a continuation and completion of the life of Christ in us. We should be so many Christs here on earth, continuing His life and His works, laboring and suffering in a holy and divine manner in the spirit of Jesus.
–Saint John Eudes (1601-1680)
The effect of our sharing in the body and blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive.
–Saint Leo the Great (c. 400-461)
God gives you the power to perform miracles by touching the hearts of those entrusted to your care. This is the greatest miracle you can perform and one which God expects of you. Frequently ask him for the grace to touch hearts. (Meds 180,139, 81)
–Saint John Baptiste de la Salle (1651-1719)
Thus speaks the Lord and His word is holy and true. What kind of advantage do children have over adults? They have three advantages: in faith, in obedience and in forgiveness. The child asks the parent about everything and whatever the parent replies, the child believes its parent. The child is obedient to its parent and easily subordinates its will to the will of the parent. The child is forgiving even though he provokes easily, but the child forgives quickly… In addition to that, comes purity and joy. A child is not greedy; a child is not lustful; and a child is not vain glorious. The child has an eye unspoiled by vices and a joy unspoiled by worries.
— Saint Nicholas Velimirovic (1880-1956)
It is only we who brood over our sins. God does not brood over them, God dumps them at the bottom of the sea.
–Saint Benedict (480-547)
[Jesus] 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 Chrysologus (c. 380-450)
