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✨ Living Flames of Truth: Saints and Fathers on the Eucharist, Mercy, and Justice
In every generation, the Church has echoed the mystery of God’s mercy and justice through the lives and words of her saints and fathers. These quotes are not mere reflections—they are living scrolls, worthy of transmission and formation.
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️ Eucharistic Adoration & the Eucharist
> “There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.”
> — St. John Vianney
> “If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion.”
> — St. Maximilian Kolbe
> “The Eucharist is the perfect sacrament of the Lord’s Passion, since it contains Christ Himself.”
> — St. Thomas Aquinas
> “Christ does not force our will. He takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.”
> — St. Teresa of Ávila
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⛪ The Holy Mass
> “It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.”
> — St. Padre Pio
> “When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.”
> — St. John Chrysostom
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Divine Mercy
> “The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy.”
> — Jesus to St. Faustina, Diary, 723
> “Divine Mercy! This is the Easter gift that the Church receives from the risen Christ and offers to humanity.”
> — St. John Paul II
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Compassion and Mercy of God
> “God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.”
> — St. Augustine
> “The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.”
> — St. Gregory the Great
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❤️ Love
> “Love alone counts.”
> — St. Thérèse of Lisieux
> “You set me aflame with love for Your truth. I see that You are the supreme truth and the supreme love.”
> — St. Catherine of Siena
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⚖️ Justice of God
> “Mercy is not opposed to justice but fulfills it.”
> — St. Augustine
> “God’s justice is His fidelity to His promises and His loving concern for the poor and the oppressed.”
> — Catechism of the Catholic Church, CCC 200–202
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