Sacraments Quotes

• The Sacraments are the manifestation of the Father’s tenderness and love towards each of us.

  Pope Francis

  Father, And Love, Manifestation

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• Let us keep the flame of faith alive through prayer and the sacraments: let us make sure we do not forget God.

  Pope Francis

  Prayer, Flames, Alive

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• Every time we look at the Blessed Sacrament our place in heaven is raised forever.

  Gertrude the Great

  Blessed, Forever, Heaven

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• The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.

  Saint Augustine

  Spiritual, Light, Corruption

  "Works". "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Volume III. In Johannis Evang. Cap. I. Tr. V. Section XV, p. 140, 1922.

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• The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Love, Christian, Spiritual

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• How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, not only that you may see Him, but also to be your food and nourishment.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Holy Eucharist, Shoes, Giving

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• The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.

  Saint Augustine

  Damnation, Use, Salvation

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• Don't be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Forgiving, Confession

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• Before we have children, we think most of the parents sitting in sacrament meeting ought to “do something about their kids.” Once we have kids, we think everyone ought to be a lot more understanding about what we’re trying to survive during the meeting. And once our kids are grown, we think, “I never let my kids get away with that.” We really all need to chill out.

  Dean Hughes

  Children, Kids, Thinking

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• The Holy Ghost carries on the whole Christian system in this earth. Not a Baptism, not a Marriage, not a Sacrament can be administered but by the Holy Ghost... There is no Authority civil or religious: there can be no legitimate Government but what is administered by this Holy Ghost. There can be no salvation without it. All, without it is Rebellion and Perdition, or in more orthodox words Damnation.

  John Adams

  Christian, Religious, Government

  John Adams' letter to Benjamin Rush (December 21, 1809), as quoted in "No, Mr. Beck, John Adams Did Not Think Governments Must Be Administered by the Holy Ghost" by Chris Rodda, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 16, 2010.

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• The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about everlasting peace on earth

  Mother Teresa

  Beautiful, Jesus, Blessed

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• Wherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of Christ, there, it is not to be doubted, is a church of God.

  John Calvin

  Church, Christianity, Institutions

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• Sacraments are like hoses. They are the channels of the living water of God's grace. Our faith is like opening the faucet. We can open it a lot, a little, or not at all.

  Peter Kreeft

  Water, Grace, Littles

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• Have your heart right with Christ, and he will visit you often, and so turn weekdays into Sundays, meals into sacraments, homes into temples, and earth into heaven.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Home, Heart, Sunday

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• God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.

  Evelyn Underhill

  Gratitude, Moments, Present Moment

  Evelyn Underhill (1960). “The Mount of Purification”

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• I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Shining, Want, Littles

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• Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Prayer, Men

  Martin Luther (1883). “First Principles of the Reformation, Or, The Ninety-five Theses and the Three Primary Works of Martin Luther”

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• ... at the beginning of the human race the woman was made of a rib taken from the side of the man while he slept; for it seemed fit that even then Christ and His Church should be foreshadowed in this event. For that sleep of the man was the death of Christ, whose side, as He hung lifeless upon the Cross, was pierced with a spear, and there flowed from it blood and water, and these we know to be the sacraments by which the Church is built up.

  Saint Augustine

  Christian, Taken, Sleep

  Saint Augustine of Hippo (2016). “Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection [50 Books]”, p.10392, Aeterna Press

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• Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Spiritual, Doors, Baptism

  "Summa Theologica". Book by Thomas Aquinas (Part III, Question 73, Article 3), 1485.

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• The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.

  Pope John Paul II

  Heart, Church, Eucharist

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• How many there are who still say, 'I want to see His shape, His image, His clothing, His sandals.' Behold, you do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him! You want to see His clothing. He gives Himself to you, not just to be seen but to be touched, to be eaten, to be received within .... Let all of you be ardent, fervent, enthusiastic. If the Jews stood, shoes on, staff in hand, and eating in haste, how much more vigilant should you be. They were about to go to Palestine; ... you are about to go to heaven.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Hands, Shoes, Giving

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• The whole world is a large Niepokalanow where the Father is God, the mother the Immaculata, the elder brother the Lord Jesus in all the tabernacles of the world, and the younger brothers the people.

  Maximilian Kolbe

  Mother, Jesus, Brother

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• O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Charity, Body, Affection

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• When we work hard, we must eat well. What a joy, that you can receive Holy Communion often! It's our life and support in this life - Receive Communion often, and Jesus will change you into himself.

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Christian, Jesus, Hard Work

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• When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Love You, Holy Eucharist

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