Our share in the Beatific Vision will be according to our merit;and our
merit will be according to our charity. (Cardinal Manning)

Bishop Anthony writes:

It is the lay people who make, indeed who are the Church. Priests, though vital for the valid celebration of the Sacraments, are, in one sense, secondary - for without faithful laity they have no task!

OUR LADY OF VICTORIES AND ST. PANCRAS, PRAY FOR US!

O GOD, Who by Thy Sacraments dost make us anew in Thy own likeness; help us to walk unfalteringly in Thy paths, and by means of Thy grace to become true possessors of that gift of charity for which Thou hast prompted our souls to hope. Through Christ Our Lord Amen.