"Necessity is laid upon us to examine ourselves with diligence to find out what are the virtues, which we chiefly lack, and which are the hardest for us to acquire; we should seek to learn the sins that do most easily beset us, and the times and occasions, when we do must often fail." [...]
"The Angelic Doctor also notes that the 'effect of this sacrament is the unity of the mystical body [the Church], without which there can be no salvation. Therefore it is necessary to receive the Eucharist, at least by desire (in voto), in order to be saved' (III, q. 73, a. 1, ad 2). These words [...]
"The Church is called above all to be a credible witness to mercy, professing it and living it as the core of the revelation of Jesus Christ. From the heart of the Trinity, from the depths of the mystery of God, the great river of mercy wells up and overflows unceasingly." Source: Pope Francis, [...]
"I desire the bread of God, the heavenly bread, the bread of life, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became afterwards of the seed of David and Abraham; and I desire the drink of God, namely His blood, which is incorruptible love and eternal life." Source: St. Ignatius [...]
"Sometimes thinking yourselves so wicked may be humility and virtue and at other times a very great temptation. I have had experience of this, so I know it is true. Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquility." Source: Saint Teresa [...]
"Receiving the Eucharist means adoring him whom we receive. Only in this way do we become one with him, and are given, as it were, a foretaste of the beauty of the heavenly liturgy." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
"Practice, then, charity always and in all things, for the occasions are numberless. If they do not come to you, seek them. When you are free to choose between two good works, one personal, the other charitable, take the latter. It has double merit. But, above all, I repeat, let your charity be humble. Proud [...]
"Most amiable Jesus, I hear Thee say from this tabernacle in which Thou art present, 'This is my rest for ever and ever; here will I dwell, for I have chosen it' (Ps. cxxxi. 14). Since, then, Thou hast chosen Thy dwelling on our altars in the midst of us, remaining there in the Most [...]
"No, my child, we must never, in our wish to shun slander, foster or flatter vice in others; but we must call evil evil, and sin sin, and so doing we shall serve God’s Glory." Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
"It is written (1 Cor. 11:29): 'He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself': and a gloss of the same passage makes the following commentary: 'He eats and drinks unworthily who is in the state of sin, or who handles (the sacrament) irreverently; and such a one eats and drinks judgment, [...]