"O God, O incomprehensible ocean of love, since Thy condescension towards us is so great, that in order to dwell near us Thou descendest upon our altars, I propose often to visit Thee; I am determined, as often as I possibly can, to enjoy Thy most sweet Presence, which is the beatitude of the saints [...]
"To be chaste is to put on the nature of an incorporeal being. Chastity is a supernatural denial of what one is by nature, so that a mortal and corruptible body is competing in a truly marvelous way with incorporeal spirits. A chaste man is someone who has driven out bodily love by means of [...]
"A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed." Source: G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, Moody Publishers, 2009.
"Sunday is thus the day when Christians rediscover the eucharistic form which their lives are meant to have. 'Living in accordance with the Lord's Day' means living in the awareness of the liberation brought by Christ and making our lives a constant self-offering to God, so that his victory may be fully revealed to all [...]
"Without prayer, they who receive Our Lord in Communion will never know how to converse with Him. Our Lord will not penetrate into their understanding, which is not open to Him. He will remain, as it were, in the antechamber. He will not enter into the depths of their heart. Their soul will not be [...]
"Why should we be surprised that He gives Himself to us as food? After all, if He furnishes food for the birds and the beasts in the natural order, why should He not furnish it for man in the supernatural order?" Source: Ven. Fulton Sheen, These are the Sacraments
"Every medicine does not suit every stage of sickness; because the tonic given to those who are recovering from fever would be hurtful to them if given while yet in their feverish condition. So likewise Baptism and Penance are as purgative medicines, given to take away the fever of sin; whereas this sacrament (Eucharist) is [...]
"He who does not find the enemy within will find the enemy without." Source: Sheen Fulton, Guide to Contentment, Alba House, 2010.
"Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily; and our Lord Himself has told us that 'he that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.'" Source: St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life, Random House, Inc., 2002.
"All actions have a right to be performed well... They ought to be all Eucharistic, made with Eucharistic grace and love, and on the model of the Eucharist. You ought to perform manual labor as well as you do Adoration or Communion, because your actions derive their merit from the Master who commands them, and [...]