"In Baptism and the other sacraments, except the Eucharist, we are united to Christ simply by a participation of His grace, but in the Eucharist, Christ exists substantially, and is really and truly present--Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity. In the Eucharist, man realizes more fully his incorporation to the Death and Resurrection of Christ than [...]
"I see now that true charity consists in bearing with the faults of those about us, never being surprised at their weaknesses, but edified at the least sign of virtue. I see above all that charity must not remain hidden in the bottom of our hearts, for 'no man lighteth a candle and putteth it [...]
Today's virtue quote summarizes why I started Eucharistic Virtue. In the quote, St. Eymard describes how practicing purity leads to all the virtues and ultimately to becoming a perfect adorer of the Lord. This is our goal and reason for being - to love and adore the Father Almighty, Jesus the Son and the Holy [...]
"By purity, by increasing and guarding it, you will practice all the virtues, and you will become perfect adorers. If your conscience is pure, your service will be pure and worthy of the good God. You would be ashamed to come to adore Our Lord with a sullied heart, and to place Him on a [...]
"In the Old Covenant bread and wine were offered in sacrifice among the first fruits of the earth as a sign of grateful acknowledgment to the Creator. But they also received a new significance in the context of the Exodus: the unleavened bread that Israel eats every year at Passover commemorates the haste of the [...]
"Christ is contained in this sacrament, and He compares Himself to a grain of wheat, saying (Jn. 12:24): 'Unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, itself remaineth alone.' Therefore bread from corn, i.e. wheaten bread, is the matter of this sacrament." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
"Purity is the lily among virtues – by it men approach to the Angels. There is no beauty without purity, and human purity is chastity. We speak of the chaste as honest, and of the loss of purity as dishonor; purity is an intact thing, its converse is corruption." Source: St. Francis de Sales, [...]
"The Church, his Bride, is called to celebrate the eucharistic banquet daily in his memory." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
"The present is the season of confession: confess what you have done in word or in deed, by night or by day; confess in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation receive the heavenly treasure." Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures
"Behold the source of every good, Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament, who says, 'If any man thirst, let him come to Me' (St. John vii. 37). Oh, what torrents of grace have the Saints drawn from the fountain of the Most Blessed Sacrament! for there Jesus dispenses all the merits of His Passion, as [...]