"We must be like the simple, candid child that hides nothing, that does all its mother wishes and only because its mother wishes without questioning whether it is good or bad. Think, too, that God is good, that He wishes to be your good, and that you cannot glorify Him more than by doing His [...]
"Consider therefore the Bread and the Wine not as bare elements, for they are, according to the Lord's declaration, the Body and Blood of Christ; for even though sense suggests this to you, yet let faith establish you. Judge not the matter from the taste, but from faith be fully assured without misgiving, that the [...]
"Jesus Christ gave more glory to God the Father by submission to His Mother during those thirty years than He would have given Him in converting the whole world by the working of the most stupendous miracles. Oh, how highly we glorify God, when, to please Him, we submit ourselves to Mary, after the example [...]
"Since, my Lord, Thou workest so many miracles in this Sacrament, work this one also: draw my entire self to Thee." Source: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament
"There He is: King of Kings and Lord of Lords, hidden in the bread. To this extreme has he humbled himself for love of you." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006
"We need to occasionally relax the mind, and the body requires some recreation also. Cassian relates how St. John the Evangelist was found by a certain hunter amusing himself by petting a partridge, which sat upon his wrist. The hunter asked how a man of his mental powers could find time for so trifling an [...]
"Still it is true that the soul, if blinded by selfishness, cannot recognize or discern what is truly good and profitable for soul and body." Source: St. Catherine of Siena, The Dialogue, Paulist Press, 1980 The Dialogue was dictated by Catherine over a period of five days. Three scribes worked to keep up with [...]
"I heartily recommend to the Church's pastors and to the People of God the practice of eucharistic adoration, both individually and in community." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
"Saint John’s words should rather be interpreted to mean that love of neighbor is a path that leads to the encounter with God and that closing our eyes to our neighbor also blinds us to God." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, God is Love: Deus Caritas Est, Ignatius Press, 2006.
"The reality of this sacrament is charity, not only as to its habit, but also as to its act, which is kindled in this sacrament; and by this means venial sins are forgiven. Consequently, it is manifest that venial sins are forgiven by the power of this sacrament." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica [...]