Quotes about Sacrifice

The reality of the Eucharistic sacrifice has always been at the heart of Catholic faith; called into question in the 16th century, it was solemnly reaffirmed at the Council of Trent against the backdrop of our justification in Christ.

It is by giving our whole hearts to the Master and keeping His commandments that we come to know Him. In time, through the power of the Atonement, our hearts are changed, and we can become like Him.

I have worked in kitchens since I was 15 years old and never had a break.

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.

In the doctrine of Providence, we have a specific Christian confession exclusively possible through faith in Jesus Christ. This faith is no general, vague notion of Providence. It has a concrete focus: 'If God is for us, who is against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?' (Rom.8:31, 32).

God is asking for that abandonment of man to Himself which says, "We pour all at Thy feet, and if Thou shouldst crown us, we would rejoice, but only that a crown was ours to cast at the feet of Christ." When men reach that point, greed has gone out of their service.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

Long-term marital intimacy requires accepting this truth: to stop giving yourself to your spouse is to spiritually divorce them.

How much would every marriage change if we pursued absolute benevolence over our own comfort, happiness, and self-interest?

Sometimes to follow in the footsteps of Jesus is to walk away from others or to let them walk away from us.

We realize it's not about what we get out of our marriage but about what we become in our marriage.