"O how great is the priest!...If he realized what he is, he would die. …God obeys him:  He utters a few words and the Lord descends from heaven at his voice, to be contained within a small host.”

“Were we to fully realize what a priest is on earth, we would die.  Not of fright, but of love. …Without the priest, the passion and death of our Lord would be of no avail.  It is the priest who continues the work of redemption on earth. … What use would be a house filled with gold, where there no one to open its door?"    St. John Vianney