Daily Eucharist Quote – St. Thomas Aquinas

“This sacrament has a threefold significance.

One with regard to the past… it is commemorative of our Lord’s Passion, which was a true sacrifice… and in this respect it is called a ‘Sacrifice.’

With regard to the present… that of Ecclesiastical unity, in which men are aggregated through this Sacrament; and in this respect it is called ‘Communion.’

With regard to the future… this sacrament foreshadows the Divine fruition, which shall come to pass in heaven; and according to this it is called ‘Viaticum,’ because it supplies the way of winning thither.”