If we think of the Eucharist as the banquet of Christ's sacrifice, people who leave early choose not to linger with their 'host' and fellow guests. Instead, they rush back into the rough and tumble daily life with little or no opportunity to adore the one whom they have received, the one whose Spirit unites us to the Father and to one another.
- Archbishop William E. Lori
It doesn't matter that some abortions have always occurred, or that some will always occur. If we really believe that abortion kills a developing, unborn human life, then we can never be satisfied with mere 'reductions' in the body count.
- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without waiting for them to ask you. Especially anticipate the needs of those who are ashamed to beg. To make them ask for alms is to make them buy it.
- St. Thomas of Villanova
Being a Christian is more like having your soul possessed by a spirit than having your mind clothed with new beliefs ... It is like being haunted by the Holy Ghost.
- Peter Kreeft
The Holy Eucharist is the greatest treasure that the Church has on earth: It is Christ himself.
- Cardinal Francis Arinze
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
As Catholics, we must stop picking and choosing which parts of Catholic social teaching we will accept, and we must insist that our politicians stop doing this as well.
- Carl A. Anderson