The Church is not…
The Church is not an archaeological museum, but the ancient fountain which slakes the thirst of the generation of today as she did that of the generations of the past.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1973)
Tear apart the Body of Christ…
Why are there strife and passion, schisms and even war among you? Do we not possess the same Spirit of grace which was given to us and the same calling in Christ? Why do we tear apart and divide the body of Christ? Why do we revolt against our own body? Why do we reach such a degree of insanity that we forget that we are members of one another?
–Saint Clement (First Century)
A member away from church…
A member that is torn away from the body receives therefrom neither motion nor feeling, nor any life at all.
— Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Let Christians be…
What the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Family life is…
The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand, and the most precious that he possess, even if he does not realize it, is family life.
— Blessed Adolph Kolping (1813-1865)
One Eucharist…
Take care, then, to use one Eucharist, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: for there is one Flesh of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of His Blood; one altar, as there is one bishop with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons.
— Saint Ignatius of Antioch (First Century)
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