"Clearly, the Christian who prays does not claim to be able to change God’s plans or correct what he has foreseen. Rather, he seeks an encounter with the Father of Jesus Christ, asking God to be present with the consolation of the Spirit to him and his work." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, God is [...]
"After the Consecration God looks on the altar: 'There,' He says, 'is My well-beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.'" Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Curé D’Ars
"To grasp the greatness of the Eucharistic mystery, let us reflect today on the theme of divine glory and of God's action in the world, now manifested in the great events of salvation, now hidden beneath humble signs which only the eye of faith can perceive." Source: Â John Paul II, General Audience - September [...]
"Many people who think they’re in love are actually falling in love with the experience of love. Because the other person gives a 'glow', qualities are attributed to him or her which do not exist." Source: Sheen Fulton, Guide to Contentment, Alba House, 2010.
"I confess that, that in this important respect, I am not as perfect as I should like to be and as I know I ought to be; and I must say the same about all the virtues and about all the that I am dealing with here, for it is easier to write of such [...]
"The celebration of this sacrament is called a sacrifice for two reasons. First, because, as Augustine says (Ad Simplician. ii), 'the images of things are called by the names of the things whereof they are the images; as when we look upon a picture or a fresco, we say, 'This is Cicero and that is [...]
"Give us this day our substantial bread. This common bread is not substantial bread, but this Holy Bread is substantial, that is, appointed for the substance of the soul." Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures
"You feel nothing? Confess in your heart your misery, your paralysis, your impotence, and even your sins. God will receive this confession of the humbled heart. It will take the place of the sweetest and most exalted affections. It is He Himself who sends that impotence in order to detach you from reflections to which, [...]
"So soon as you feel yourself anywise tempted, do as your little children when they see a wolf or a bear in the mountains. Forthwith they run to the protection of their father or mother, or at least cry out for help. Do you fly in like manner to God, claiming His compassion and succor [...]
"There is no surer pledge or dearer sign of this great hope in the new heavens and new earth 'in which righteousness dwells,' than the Eucharist. Every time this mystery is celebrated, 'the work of our redemption is carried on' and we 'break the one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for [...]