St. Peter Julian Eymard

“Man is faced by two laws: the love of God and the love of self. These two loves are forever at war. One of the two must be obeyed. A choice must be made of one or the other. Neutrality is impossible. An habitually virtuous life does not end the combat. We are a balance. The more holy we become and rise toward God, the more are we combated and dragged down by self-love.”

Source:  St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Divine Eucharist

St. Peter Julian Eymard was a priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. This religious order is  “a Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers whose mission is to share the riches of God’s love manifested in the Eucharist.” The order was founded in Paris in 1856 and continues to follow St. Peter Julian Eymard’s “new way of life in the church, one completely shaped by the Eucharist celebrated, contemplated, and lived in communion.”