"By the words of the Transubstantiation, what took place on Holy Thursday, Christ’s gift of self as nourishment for eternal life, takes place again — in a form which also outwardly resembles the Savior’s act on that holy night."
— Fr. Romano Guardini, Meditations Before Mass

The Fifth Luminous Mystery

"In the ancient rite of Communion, the priest said, 'The body of Jesus Christ,' and the faithful responded, 'Amen,' or 'so it is,' and 'The blood of Jesus Christ,' and the faithful responded, 'Amen,' 'so it is.' All has been accomplished. All has been said. All has been explained. I am silent. I believe. I adore."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

"We must rejoice a great deal over this transformation by which we are taken from earthly coarseness to heavenly dignity through that ineffable mercy of the one who descended to our state in order to lift us up to his."
— Pope St. Leo the Great, On the Lord's Resurrection, Delivered on Holy Saturday on the Easter Vigil

"O my God, I resolve with all my heart, in your presence, every day, to think about death, at least when I lie down and when I rise... I will praise God for having brought me to think about repentance, and I will put order into my affairs, into my confession, into my meditation, thinking not about what passes, but with great care, great courage, and great diligence about what remains."
— Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Meditations for Lent

Christ is King. Every knee will bow; every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.

Don’t pay any attention to politics today.

Jesus conquered hell, defeated death, and freed us from the bondage of sin. Nothing can undo the victory that has already been won!

HAPPY EASTER ✝️

"[M]any of those who said, His blood be upon us and upon our children (Mt 27:25), later on came to believe the apostles bringing them the good news of the resurrection. His blood was indeed upon them, but it was to wash them, not to destroy them; well, upon some to destroy them, upon others to cleanse them; upon those to be destroyed, in justice; upon those to be cleansed, in mercy."
— St. Augustine, Sermon 229F, Preached on the Monday After Easter

"[T]he Church believes and affirms that all human beings—created in the image and likeness of God and recreated in the Son, who became man, was crucified, and rose again—are called to grow under the action of the Holy Spirit to reflect the glory of the Father in that same image and to share in eternal life."
— Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas Infinita

"Only by recognizing an intrinsic and inalienable dignity in every human being can we guarantee a secure and inviolable foundation for that quality. Without any ontological grounding, the recognition of human dignity would vacillate at the mercy of varying and arbitrary judgments."
— Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas Infinita

"[H]uman dignity cannot be based on merely individualistic standards, nor can it be identified with the psychophysical well-being of the individual. Rather, the defense of human dignity is based on the constitutive demands of human nature, which do not depend on individual arbitrariness or social recognition. Therefore, the duties that stem from recognizing the dignity of the other and the corresponding rights that flow from it have a concrete and objective content based on our shared human nature. Without such an objective basis, the concept of dignity becomes de facto subject to the most diverse forms of arbitrariness and power interests."
— Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas Infinita

"[I]t would be a grave error to think that by distancing ourselves from God and his assistance, we could somehow be freer and thus feel more dignified. Instead, detached from the Creator, our freedom can only weaken and become obscured."
— Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dignitas Infinita

"The illusion that moral relativism provides the key for peaceful coexistence is actually the origin of divisions and the denial of the dignity of human beings."
— Pope Benedict XVI, Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace, January 1st, 2011

"If a society is governed primarily by the criteria of market freedom and efficiency, there is no place for such persons, and fraternity will remain just another vague ideal."
— Pope Francis, On Fraternity and Social Friendship