“A priest is the God-bearer or Christ-bearer, a living Eucharist of the divine presence, bringing a sympathetic ear and a compassionate heart in which people find God's consolation, understanding and love.” PeopleHeartUnderstandingChristDivineAnd LoveEarsPriestsCompassionateConsolationSympatheticEucharistUnderstanding And Love Author:Arthur Middleton
“The cross of Christ is the pledge to us that the deepest suffering may be the condition of the highest blessing; the sign, not of God's displeasure, but of His widest and most compassionate face.” MayFacesSufferingChristConditionsBlessingHighestCrossesCompassionatePledgeDispleasure Author:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
“That which gives us true freedom and true happiness is the compassionate love of Christ.” GivingChristCompassionateTrue HappinessPassionate LoveTrue FreedomCompassionate Love Author:Pope Francis
“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are to become vessels of God's compassionate love for others.” IfsLoveMeanChristianChristBecomingShapesTransformationBelovedCompassionateImitationVesselLiteralPassionate LoveChristian LoveMimickingCompassionate Love Author:Clare of Assisi