Saint Sayings: Priesthood and Motherhood
“Every priestly vocation comes from the Heart of God but passes through the Heart of a Mother.” – Pope St. Pius X
“Let us live for souls, let us be apostles, let us save especially the souls of priests. … Let us pray, let us suffer for them, and, on the last day, Jesus will be grateful.” –St. Therese of Lisieux
“A Carmelite is to share in Mary’s Motherhood of Christ to souls. Her role and mission in the Church is to be a spiritual mother, above all of priests and of all souls.” –St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila)
“I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.”
-Genesis 3:15