"Simply turn your whole heart towards Jesus Christ Crucified, and lovingly kiss His Sacred feet. This is the best way to conquer the enemy… Moreover, this way of dealing with temptation is so offensive to the Evil One that, finding he does but provoke souls to an increased love of God by his assaults, he [...]
"And all these receive the same sacraments; and as they do, some are bathed in fiery brilliance, but the others are overshadowed by a dark cloud… those who are radiant with good deeds and receive it with devout mind and pure faith and illumined by the gift of the Holy Spirit for the salvation of [...]
"O taste and see that the Lord is good. Trust not the judgment to your bodily palate no, but to faith unfaltering; for they who taste are bidden to taste, not bread and wine, but the anti-typical Body and Blood of Christ." Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures
"When we consider the immensity of others’ needs, we can, on the one hand, be driven towards an ideology that would aim at doing what God’s governance of the world apparently cannot: fully resolving every problem. Or we can be tempted to give in to inertia, since it would seem that in any event nothing [...]
"His [Brother Lawrence] one method of going to God and abiding in His Presence was to do all for the love of Him. It was a matter of no consequence to him, whether he was employed on one thing or the other, provided that therein he sought God’s glory." Source: Brother Lawrence, The Practice [...]
"Since the whole mystery of our salvation is comprised in this sacrament, therefore is it performed with greater solemnity than the other sacraments. And since it is written (Eccles. 4:17): 'Keep thy foot when thou goest into the house of God'; and (Ecclus. 18:23): 'Before prayer prepare thy soul,' therefore the celebration of this mystery [...]
"Before leaving the church after Holy Mass, do not forget to thank God for the graces that He has just given to you. St. John and the holy women who were present at the Sacrifice of the Cross never forgot the vision of Calvary, and they came down from the Holy Mount, covered with the [...]
"It is part of our fallen nature to despise the trouble we do not understand… When the sufferers complain much, we are inclined to think that they are exaggerating or giving way to cowardly weakness, just as the rich are too often ready to regard the very poor as whining imposters." Source: Ven. Fulton [...]
"If you do not possess humility, you will not long remain pure, because pride sullies the soul. You may be charitable as much as one can be with pride; you may have the virtues of purity, mortification, and zeal, but if they are not all guarded and nourished by humility, they are lost. Pride dissipates [...]
"As sacrifice, the Eucharist is also offered in reparation for the sins of the living and the dead and to obtain spiritual or temporal benefits from God." Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church #1414